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Post by siobhan on Dec 28, 2018 13:58:16 GMT -5
I have two 10-gallon tanks and a 2.5 gallon hexagon for my betta in the birds' room. One tank is guppies, with a few ramshorns to help keep it clean. One is all ramshorns with two dwarf frogs, who I moved out of the guppy tank after the guppies had babies so it wouldn't be overcrowded. The frogs are not pleased with this decision.
Here's the problem: The guppy tank water is slightly green and cloudy. I have changed the filter multiple times. I've done water changes. I've lowered the temperature as far as I dare. It's not in front of a window. And there are about 20 baby guppies in there, so I'm a little afraid to do much chemical-wise for fear of harming them. Any suggestions? The rams/frogs tank is as clear as a swimming pool. My betta's tank is clear, too. I do the same routine on all of them.
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Post by dinucci on Jan 5, 2019 2:43:31 GMT -5
The problem may lie with your gravel..cloudy water is usually a bio load that is too much for your filtration to overcome,or too many fish for the volume of water. Do a total clean out and wash the gravel under the hottest water you can. Also they sell a bio lift agent that will bind the particles and float to the top where your filter will finish the job,but need to be cleaned out more often.
It's funny...because when you post about the birds and fish...it takes me back to when I was a kid and one of my 1st apartments. We had a big living room that was lined with fish tanks of all sizes and plants everywhere ! I loved it and with all the music stuff..speakers and all,the room became cozy and small ! Every time you mention that in your posts I think of that place..
These days, I have no indoor aquariums but wish I still did. Sold the last of them 5 years ago. I now have a 5000 gallon pond in the side yard with 2 waterfalls for the past 15 years. It's stocked with bluegills I've caught. It attracts a lot.of birds,ducks in spring which I have to chase away,and bull frogs and creek frogs have moved in too. They're sometimes loud at night.. but I get the same problems that ya get with indoor tanks. Microbe lift is the stuff I use on the pond. One thing I remember is that small tanks are harder to care for and can be problematic with water quality issues. If you ever go to salt water, 55 gallons would be the minimum size tank I'd go with.
Best wishes ,
Dinucci
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Post by siobhan on Jan 14, 2019 12:45:45 GMT -5
With all the tiny babies in the tank, I can't do a total clean out until they're big enough to capture and move. I put two filters to work and that seemed to do the trick. I had to do that once on the other tank when I had a cloudy water problem. I was going to avoid it, again because of the babies, but the silly babies love the current and play in it, so if they're happy, I'm happy. I'd love to have a big tank but don't have the space so we'll have to get by like this. I have one 10 gallon at one end of the bird room, one at the other end of the bird room (because of outlets, it's an old house with only a few) and two 2.5 gallon tanks, one with a betta alone in it and one with my two dwarf frogs. The other tank houses my four rescued goldfish, "rescued" because I bought them out of the "feeder" tank at Petsmart. They're very lively and chase each other around all day long. They have two filters, too, because goldfish are so messy. People always say a 10 gallon is too small for goldfish, but at Petsmart they had about 100 goldfish in a small tank because they were meant for feeders and apparently that means nobody cares if they're too crowded. They have plenty of room to play tag and eat like horses, so I figure it's a better life than being a feeder.
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