Home
About
Sign Up Now
Log In
Find a Question:
How do you clean a 2 gallon fish aquarium?
Jul
18
2012
I have a 2 gallon fish aquarium with a beta fish and filter. I had it set up and the fish in it 2-3 weeks ago.
How often should i clean it?
How should i clean it without harming my fish?
Best answer:
Answer by kazakydenver
when its dirty
reach in a scoop up water, FROM THE TANK put in bowl or something
take fish and put in bowl
clean tank
fill up tank
take bowl and set in tank with fish in bowl
when its been long enough let fish out
the change of water temp could kill it. thats why you use the bowl.
Answer by Kurius_Kitten
Invest in a small siphon. Siphons let you suck up dirt and left over food from the gravel as well as help you to make your water changes. You can get them at local petstores as low as $ 7.
Make sure to use a water conditioner when adding in fresh water.
Answer by Aventurinne
If the tank isn’t cycled, having a filter in the tank won’t make much of a difference. Just take out the filter, and clean out the tank twice a week. If you’re busy, you can stick to once a week cleanings but not for the whole time.
To clean the tank, gently scoop the fish out of the tank using a bowl or container that can float, it’s less stressful than using a net.
Cover it to prevent the fish from jumping out and if possible, place it somewhere dark so it’ll be more calm.
Then pour out the old water, rinse everything in hot water and put everything back. You can rearrange the decor or change it every now and then so that the betta will be more stimulated.
Then float the container with the betta in the tank for a while. Throw out a bit of the old water, and put in a bit of the new water, go and walk around a bit, come back, repeat. Finally, you can let the betta swim out of the container and you can both do a happy dance.
EDIT! I forgot, you can also do 1 partial water change and 1 full water change a week.
Add your own answer in the comments!
Tags: Aquarium Fish, Beta Fish, Betta, Cleanings, Fish Aquarium, Fresh Water, Gallon Fish, Gravel, Happy Dance, Hot Water, Kitten, New Water, Old Water, Partial Water Change, Petstores, Water Changes, Water Conditioner, Water Rinse, Water Temp, Whole Time
]
Answer this Question
You must be Logged In to post an Answer.
Not a member yet? Sign Up Now »
Answer #1
Leave the fish in the tank, take out say 25% of the water preferably by using a siphon and sucking the dirtiest water from the bottom of the tank. If you don’t have a siphon just use a cup or whatever to scoop some out. Rinse out the filter using the old tank water – not tap water. Replace water with new water that you have treated to get he bad tap water chemicals out.
Do this say every two weeks, in the meantime make sure you don’t overfeed him which will make the water dirtier quicker.
If there is algae or whatever making the inside of the glass dirty make sure any cloth you use to rub it off has absolutely no soap or other contaminates in.