When changing the water in my fish tank?

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You should be putting in medicine every morning (depending on what kind you have though). I didn't do a water change with mine when my tank got ick. I raise the teperature 4 1/2 degrees over a day. That brought it up to about 80ish.

Raising the teperature (in small incriments) speeds up the life cycle of the virus/bacteria (whatever it is). So they have less of a chance to get to the stage where they latch onto the fish.

As for the temp for your water change (I didn't think about doing that with mine-LOL) it just needs to be luke warm. Feel your fish tank water and then fill up the cup (or whatever) so that it feels roughly the same. There is no need to use a thermometer and get that serious (unless maybe you have delicate saltwater fish). The water will balance itself out.

~Good luck~ :)
 
okay my fish tank has ick. I put meds. in yesterday and now today i should do a 50% water change correct? Okay so when i put the new water in do i add water conditioner? Now i use just regular tap water in it how do i know how hot/cold it has to be?
Yes i remembered to remove my carbon filter!! Thank you!
 
You should be putting in medicine every morning (depending on what kind you have though). I didn't do a water change with mine when my tank got ick. I raise the teperature 4 1/2 degrees over a day. That brought it up to about 80ish.

Raising the teperature (in small incriments) speeds up the life cycle of the virus/bacteria (whatever it is). So they have less of a chance to get to the stage where they latch onto the fish.

As for the temp for your water change (I didn't think about doing that with mine-LOL) it just needs to be luke warm. Feel your fish tank water and then fill up the cup (or whatever) so that it feels roughly the same. There is no need to use a thermometer and get that serious (unless maybe you have delicate saltwater fish). The water will balance itself out.

~Good luck~ :)
 
If the drections say to do a water change than do a water change. YES you must add conditioner to the water prior to adding it to the tank. As for the temperature, the optimum is to try to get the water as close to tank water as you can however as long as it isn't boiling or freezing, it isn't going to change the temperature of the tank that much. A good guess is fine.

Did you remember to remove your carbon filters from the tank prior to treating?
 
When doing a water change you always need to put conditioner in it. As far as water temperature....You can get a thermometer to make sure it's the same temp as it is in your tank.
 
If it's a tropical tank ( Cichlids, Tetras, Danios etc. ) then it should be 76-82 F.

If it's Coldwater ( Goldfish and Kois ) then it should be about 60-70 F.

Do daily 50% water changes if you have Ich/Ick.

You should always add Dechlorinator like Tetra Aquasafe.

Good luck!!
 
Main thing u gotta do is get the PH level right Tap water is fine as long as it hasent got a bunch of chlorine in it and if you gonna change it change it all
 
I always do the water change before adding the meds or else some of the meds get taken out when you do the water change. Feel the water in the tank and use your judgement on matching the new water. Yes add half of the normal amount of water conditioner then usual after the water change.
 
I would shudder at the thought of using water from the taps to fill your fish's tank, but I don't know where you are so I can't really say it's bad or not. Where I am, the utility company tries to make up for the landfill leak by hyper-chlorinating the water, so using that for fish would be a definite no no. I would ask a local (very local) pet store what they would recommend as they will be familiar with your local taps.

Also, where the temperature is concerned, you will likely have your fish in a little jar or baggie while you're performing maintenance on your tank. After the tank is ready, put the jar (closed) or baggie in the water for a few minutes to allow the water inside the jar/baggie to slowly adjust to the temperature of the water in the tank. Once that's done, you can let your fish out and it won't shock their system. ^.^
 
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