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Ant B
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31st Jan 11 at 15:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hi i have just bought small tropical fiish tank,
i had a massive one about 10 year ago but carnt remember much about it,
so i need to know:
what water temprature should i set the heater to.
how do you clean them out as they need warm water,unless i can put the fish in the bath witth warm water.
whats are the best types of fish to get,id like somthing were i can feed live food to but im not botherd.

sorry if this is in the wrong place
AndyKent
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31st Jan 11 at 15:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why didn't you do this sort of research before you bought the tank
Ant B
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because i was round my freinds and they said do u want it for £20 so i got it,and atm ive filled it with water turned the pump and light and heater on full to warm
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quote:
Originally posted by Ant B
i can put the fish in the bath witth warm water.

WTF
mattk
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my mate has just bought a marine set up, it took him 6 weeks to get the conditions right with some special water another mate got him from united utilities, im not sure if its the same as yours though, its apparantly a very very hard environment to maintain
Ant B
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no its not that hard i dont think,
i just need to no what temprature to leave the water at,and how do i clean it like were do i put the fish while im doing it
also how long should it leave it with the pump an that on till i put fish in
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Why do you need to remove the fish to clean the tank? Did you use to do that with your old tank?
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Take a look here fo advice:

here

and

here
Ant B
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thanks for that tom just read them both.

i think i need to go to the shops tomorow and get some water conditioner and a thermostate because i dont no if my heaters working.

i still dont under stand how i clean it out tho?
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ask in the shop. we set ours at 24degrees.

i think mattk is confusing tropical fish with marine fish.
Ant B
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yeah are ask in the shop
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ya my mates is a marine tank ive just asked him
Simon
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You don't ever take all the water out, you just do partial water changes. Inbetween that you can get the algae scrapers to clean glass and the vaccuum pumps to clean gravel
Ant B
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are them vaccum pump things the ones you suck on to get the flow going,and are the algae the things that go on the windows
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Yes to the vacuum pump. Algae grows on any surface in a fish tank but most obviously the glass, if that is what you mean.
Ant B
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yeah like the magnetic things
Ant B
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i went to the shop today and bought: tap water trestment,stick on thermostate,magnetic algea cleaner and cleaning pad and one of those gravel cleaner things.she told me to put the water treatment in set it to 24 degrees the wait till friday to put fish in

 
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