Water Level Dropped.. Help

[Joesterd]

I have been keeping tropical fish for a few months and over that time the water level has dropped... i have been told that adding bottled natural spring water works but i am not sure of this.
please give me some advice on how to add more water
thanks
Joe

 

[Wills]

Hi welcome to the forum! As part of keeping your tank you need to do water changes once a week anyway so adding water should be a pretty normal thing for you to do. If water is going out of your tank its probably due to evaporation, all you need to do is get some dechlorinator from your local pet store and mix it according to the instructions with tap water at a similar temperature to your tank. Pretty easy really

What size tank do you have and what fish do you have?

Wills

 

[Squid]

Do you perform water changes on this tank at all? You may need to look at the begginers FAQ section to see about basic fishkeeping maintenance.

Water from your tap is fine, just add some dechlorinator from the fish shop by following the instructions on the bottle.

Squid

Edit: Wills beat me to it

 

[Joesterd]

Heyy thanks for the welcoming
my tank is only 35 litre and just a little thing for my weird wonderful fish
and for the fish. i havent got a clue haha
ive got a plec. hes black and about 4 inches long
i have a silver one i think its a dwarf something... cant remember
and a little albino bottom feeder i just have the three at the moment my puffer fish died

is safe start from tetra a de-chlorinator or is that just for new tanks?

 

[fatheadminnow]

Aqua Safe start is a de-chlorinator.

-FHM

 

[Squid]

is safe start from tetra a de-chlorinator or is that just for new tanks?

Yes, that just kick starts new tanks. Tetra Aquasafe is the Tetra version of the dechlorinator.

 

[Joesterd]

thanks i shall use that now then thanks for all the help

ah ok il go get some aqua safe tomomrow then

i wont use safe start....

 

[Squid]

Yes, that is a dechlorinator.

-FHM

You sure? I think this is just a bacteria boost type product. You need aquasafe not safe start.

Cheers,
Squid

 

[Joesterd]

its not ive just read over the bottle again and this is just for starting the tanks cycle

 

[fatheadminnow]

Yes, that is a dechlorinator.

-FHM

You sure? I think this is just a bacteria boost type product. You need aquasafe not safe start.

Cheers,
Squid

Oops... my bad. lol I just woke up.

I changed it.

-FHM

its not ive just read over the bottle again and this is just for starting the tanks cycle

Products that "claim" to cycle tanks are no good. They simply do not provide what is needed to cycle the tank in the time they are put on sale.

Cycling a tank is the foundation for any tank, no matter what.

Since you already have fish, read this article here:
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=224306

Ask any questions you may have!

-FHM