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Posted by swarvegorilla on April 8, 2007, 12:54 am
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>> > > Hello !
>> > > I'm a new fish lover!! Started with 10 gal, moved to a 20 gal now 55
>> > > gal.tank.
>> > > I have the sweetest Oranda and two Ryukin goldfish. one Betta named
>> > > Dancer and another
>> > > called Flame (Flame is a Moon) Having fish is something quite
>> > > different from the horses, dogs,cats and birds I've had most of my
>> > > life. Watching my fish has brought my blood pressure down! (Not
>> > > kidding!) Now I have a question about the tank water. I have a very
>> > > good filter system, aeration is good, I have ALL the test kits and I
>> > > don't feed food with pink flakes but after 2 days from water change
>> > > and gravel vac. the water starts to become cloudy. I've used Clear
>> > > water,etc etc but it is still happening. A friend suggested it might
>> > > be from my feeding the fish peas every other day and they get a slice
>> > > of fresh orange daily. I don't leave the fruit more than 2 hours in
>> > > the tank. The peas hardly ever hit the bottom before they are
>> > > history. ANY IDEAS will be greatly appreciated!!
>> > > Sincerely
>> > > CHARLIE
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>> > Charlie,
>> > mate, digger.....
>> > Stop washing your filter sponge under the tap!
>> > The aim is not to get it spotless and clean.
>> > Only give it a squeeze out in a bucket of water drawn from the
>> > aquarium,
>> > then replace back in filter.
>> > If you can keep the bacteria colonys that live on the filter sponge
>> > (brown
>> > gunk) alive
>> > they will eat the waste out of the water and prevent the cloudy water
>> > bacteria from blooming.
>> > Now those test kits you have,
>> > Have your ammonia and nitrite results remained at 0ppm the whole time?
>> > How long has the tank been setup?
>> > It is tricky trying to work out where you are with the aquarium,
>> > But the above is prob the most common mistake people make in my
>> > experience.
>> > yes feeding peas can make the water cloudy.
>> > Perhaps try feeding more frequent but in smaller amounts.
>> > I have been just blending a few vege together like some zuccini
>> > /capsicum/squash/peas
>> > then drying it out on a bit of paper towell and feeding it too the
>> > goldys
>> > dried wafer style
>> > this doesn't seem to cloud water as bad and is easy to store.
>> > I do however believe your problem is that you are cleaning your filter
>> > too
>> > harshly.
>> > tricky to ballance water flow and life support scunge in a filter but
>> > it's
>> > the secret to easy fish keeping and clear water.
>> > Anyway please follow this linkhttp://www.netmax.tk/
>> > and do yourself and your fish the biggest favour possible.
>> > have a chilled read.
>> > Everyone keeps fish different but I think a read of netmax's site puts
>> > ya in
>> > a good position to make your mind up on how you wish to do it.
>> > Anyway rokin
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>> Hey Swarvegorilla, long time. Thanks for the plug. You can always
>> send them over to:http://groups.google.ca/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/
>> There's some people there with Fancies in big tanks. You're probaby
>> right about the filter media though. I'd also add another filter and
>> alternate which one gets cleaned.
>> cheers
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> I added another bio-filter CLEAR WATER! Swarvegorilla was correct, I
> was keeping things too clean. Didn't know I needed to have some
> "SLIME" Thanks again
> I'm now a happy woman and so are my fish. CHARLIE
>
good to hear!
It's a strange lesson to learn, that not all gunk is so bad.
But once ya do fish keeping gets a lot easier.
:)
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