Getting Started with your new GloFish® fluorescent fish

When your new GloFish arrive, there are a series of steps you must follow to get them properly adjusted to their new home. Your GloFish may be slightly stressed when they arrive, and then be certain to handle them with care throughout the acclimation procedure. Here are the steps nosotros recommend for successfully introducing your fish to their new aquarium:

Pace ane: Advisedly open up the box containing your fish and discard whatsoever heating or cooling packs.

Footstep ii: Each online order is shipped with a sachet of Tetra® AquaSafe®. If you are setting upwards a new aquarium, you will need to add the enclosed Tetra AquaSafe (equally directed on the sachet) before adding your fish to help ensure that the water will exist rubber for them.

Stride 3: Follow this 25-infinitesimal procedure to safely acclimate your fish to their new home:

3a. Float the entire bag of fish in your aquarium for 15 minutes.

3b. Open the handbag carefully and identify approximately ane cup of h2o from your aquarium into the floating bag (with the fish withal inside the pocketbook).

3c. Wait another 5 minutes, then repeat the step above (i.e., place approximately one additional cup of h2o from the aquarium into the floating pocketbook with the fish still inside).

3d. Wait another 5 minutes.

3e. Next, slowly empty the unabridged contents of the bag (including the water) into your tank.

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Water Changes

Along with proper feeding, fractional water changes are the about of import way to ensure that your fish are healthy and happy. For new aquariums, or for an aquarium to which you are adding a substantial number of new fish, we recommend making partial water changes after 2 weeks and again after four weeks, and once a calendar month thereafter. Please annotation that if your fish'due south fins ever go droopy or apartment, this is an indication that the water quality may not be safe, in which case we recommend an firsthand h2o change. Here are the steps nosotros suggest for a successful partial h2o alter:

Step ane: Detect enough bottled water to fill about 33% of your aquarium. If you lot don't accept bottled water,
you lot may besides use lukewarm tap water and treat information technology by adding AquaSafe® Water Conditioner before adding the new water to the aquarium. A minor sachet of AquaSafe® has been included with your online shipment. AquaSafe® removes chemicals in tap h2o such equally chlorine and chloramines, which are harmful to
your fish.

Step 2: Let the new water sit down next to your tank for several hours to help ensure that it is nearly at room temperature. This is very of import because a quick temperature alter can be fatal to your GloFish.

Pace 3: Once the new water has reached room temperature, remove and discard virtually 33% of the old water from the aquarium.

Step 4: Slowly add the new water to the aquarium.

** Important things to remember **

Do NOT remove the fish from the aquarium when making a fractional water change. Removing the fish would exist very stressful for them and is not necessary if you follow the water change steps above.

It is not plenty to replace water that has evaporated. By simply replacing h2o that has evaporated, you will not actually be removing the pollutants from the aquarium. The only way to do this is a fractional water change.

If yous perform a partial water modify, and the water still looks dirty or cloudy, perform a second partial water change the post-obit solar day. If this withal does not solve the problem, information technology is likely that the fish are being overfed. Try reducing the amount of food. If that however does not solve the problem, you may demand to supplant the filter cartridge. These tin be purchased at most local fish stores.

Care

GloFish are like their non-fluorescent counterparts, just with a brighter disposition. They are exactly the same in terms of intendance, including everything from general care and temperature preferences to h2o quality and nutritional needs. With a piffling care and attention, your fish will be a happy, good for you companion for years to come.

If you take any care questions nigh your fish, you can find more information at
www.glofish.com/care or contact the states.

Printer-friendly Getting Started Instructions and Water Modify Instructions.

For boosted information on water changes and other related aquarium maintenance,
please visit AquariumOwner.com.

Note: For customer service regarding GloFish-branded products such equally aquariums and lights,
please visit TetraCare or call them directly at 1-800-526-0650.