| Keeping your water clean and fresh is a great way | | | | tank. |
| to ensure that your saltwater fish stay healthy and | | | | After your water is mixed and ready to go you |
| colorful. But it must be done correctly or else it can | | | | should shut off all equipment in your tank. Make |
| actually stress the fish out and possibly cause disease | | | | double sure to unplug your heater because a |
| to set in. The article below will go over how to | | | | unsubmerged heater may turn on and get hot. When |
| change water in a saltwater aquarium the right way. | | | | the colder aquarium water touches it it could shatter! |
| How To Change Water In A Saltwater Aquarium | | | | You must then siphon the old tank water out making |
| The first thing you need to do is have a container | | | | sure to vacuum the gravel bed to remove settled |
| that will only hold saltwater and nothing else. This will | | | | debris or if you have live rock try and remove any |
| eliminate the possibility of using a container that had | | | | settled debris from it. |
| potentially toxic chemicals in it that could kill or sicken | | | | A good way to do this is take a small power head |
| your fish. | | | | and blow the rock off just before you drain the |
| In this container you should mix your saltwater up | | | | water from your aquarium. |
| and let it mix with a small aquarium power head for | | | | After the water has been drained pour the new |
| at least 24 hours. Letting it mix 24 hours will ensure | | | | water in slowly making sure to not disturb the tanks |
| that all the chemicals dissolve and the properties of | | | | decorations or gravel to much. At this time you may |
| the water equalize. It will also allow any ammonia that | | | | also want to change any filter pads or material so |
| can occur when mixing new salt to dissipate. | | | | the tank get s a fresh clean start. |
| You should also have a heater in the water and have | | | | Try and change at least 25% of your tanks water |
| it set so it is within two degrees of your main tank. | | | | every month and split it up into two or three smaller |
| Also make sure that you mix the replacement water | | | | changes rather then one large one. This will lessen |
| so that it is exactly the same salinity as your display | | | | the stress on your saltwater fish. |