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Cleaning goldfish tank is a simple task if you do it the right way

Cleaning goldfish tank is much easier than you ever knew. New goldfish keepers catch up the fish, and place it a bucket, before removing the dirty fish water; one bucket at a time. Next, the filters are cleaned under hot tap water. Gravel is swished around with a hand until the waste, or most of it, is gone down the drain. Quite the task, because water weighs 8 pounds per gallon, with the aquarium itself being quite a chore to lug around

Now, everything is spic and span

I know, because I used to do the same with my thirty gallon tank. It was back breaking, and I was staring to resent my fish. In time, as the fish grew, surviving my terrible fish keeping skill, I upgraded to an eighty gallon stock tank. I though having more water would mean fewer water changes, however, this wasn’t the case

Cleaning goldfish tank

It wasn’t long before I learned how to perform a proper water change, or should I say, a proper partial water change. The goldfish remain in their fish house. A small portion of water was removed and replaced with treated fresh water. Reason being; the idea is to create a healthy ecosystem, however, this is impossible with 100% water changes

Learn more about it by reading the 10 Steps to Goldfish Koi Keeping