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I finally set up my freshwater aquarium about 4 days ago and I took a water sample to the pet store. The guy there said that the PH level is too high and I should wait a couple days before getting fish.
He also said that I should never change the tank's water out completely. I always used to change the whole tank once a month a few years ago but he says to only change about 4 fingers depth worth of water every week.
I have a couple questions about this process:
1- Is it okay to just add tap water when changing the 4 fingers depth worth of water once a week? (I'd also add the chlorine remover for the ammount of water added)
2- The guy said I should add a little bit of salt to the water. Won't I end up with too much salt if I keep adding it without changing out the water of the whole tank?
3- Since I'm not changing out everything in the tank once a month anymore, all I have to do is syphon the rocks at the bottom, use one of those magnetic things to clean the glass, and replace the specified ammount of water once a week?
I looked for an article about this on the site but couldn't find it. If someone could please let me know the proper way of keeping up the tank, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks so much
He also said that I should never change the tank's water out completely. I always used to change the whole tank once a month a few years ago but he says to only change about 4 fingers depth worth of water every week.
I have a couple questions about this process:
1- Is it okay to just add tap water when changing the 4 fingers depth worth of water once a week? (I'd also add the chlorine remover for the ammount of water added)
2- The guy said I should add a little bit of salt to the water. Won't I end up with too much salt if I keep adding it without changing out the water of the whole tank?
3- Since I'm not changing out everything in the tank once a month anymore, all I have to do is syphon the rocks at the bottom, use one of those magnetic things to clean the glass, and replace the specified ammount of water once a week?
I looked for an article about this on the site but couldn't find it. If someone could please let me know the proper way of keeping up the tank, I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks so much