hi im newbie hobbyist

by **heritage** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:17 pm

in the past month or so have just aquired a 5ft x 2ft x 2ft tank have 2 filters one a fluva; 3+ and the other an interpet 3 how often should i be changing the water and how much plz

by **dizzcat** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:29 am

Hi there, welcome to our obsession LOL

For a tank that new you should be doing a 20-30% water change every week. Make sure you do not rinse the filter media in tap water. If you clean out the mechanical parts of your filters, take the sponges, carbon, etc and put them in tank water. If you clean them in tap water you will kill off your beneficial bacteria.

Here's some good reading on maintaining a healthy tank:
http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/articles/53

http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/articles/54

I know I did not give a lot of info, but this will get you started :-) There are others on here that are much better at explaining the info you seek.

by **heritage** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 1:30 pm

thanks verry much for that hun and thanks for leaving the links

by **tomargir** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:24 pm

And here http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/phpbb/viewtopic/2662 you can find out about the cycling process (very important).

Keep reeding and good luck.

by **heritage** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:57 pm

thanks hun checking it out now

hi im newbie hobbyist

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