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Subject Author Date Help please kt 05-02-2006  Re: Help please Mr Fixit 05-02-2006  Re: Help please kt 05-02-2006  Re: Help please Flash Wilson 05-09-2006  Re: Help please kt 05-11-2006  Re: Help please Roger Sleet 05-03-2006  Re: Help please kt 05-03-2006
Posted by kt on May 2, 2006, 3:35 pm Please log in for more thread options Hi All We have just started an aquarium for our children of (for now) 4 aquatic frogs and 4 giant apple snails, 3 small apple snails. We have been feeding the frogs bloodworm and the snails cucumber. The tank water has become incredibly (whitish) cloudy over the last two weeks since we started with the cucumber - are we overfeeding? how much should we feed them? We have been feeding three fat rings of cucumber to the snails per day and it's all being eaten. All the different chemical levels of the tank are fine as we've rigourously tested. Any help would be really appreciated... Thanks in advance Kt Posted by Mr Fixit on May 2, 2006, 3:44 pm Please log in for more thread options > Hi All > > We have just started an aquarium for our children of (for now) 4 > aquatic frogs and 4 giant apple snails, 3 small apple snails. We have > been feeding the frogs bloodworm and the snails cucumber. The tank > water has become incredibly (whitish) cloudy over the last two weeks > since we started with the cucumber - are we overfeeding? how much > should we feed them? We have been feeding three fat rings of cucumber > to the snails per day and it's all being eaten. All the different > chemical levels of the tank are fine as we've rigourously tested. Any > help would be really appreciated... > > Thanks in advance > > Kt > add the size of the tank and the filtration system even a make model of the tank as it saves all the guess work in making a reasonable answer Posted by kt on May 2, 2006, 4:02 pm Please log in for more thread options 60 litre tank and the filter / heater ( Rena Filstar - model FIL2) came as a kit with it. The filter (which IS cleaned weekly) shows no sign of "extra" waste compared to our other unheated fish tank (also using same dechlorinated water). We have no live plants in yet and before the introduction of the frogs and snails the water was crystal for a month. It really is very "white" water... Posted by Flash Wilson on May 9, 2006, 9:56 am Please log in for more thread options >60 litre tank and the filter / heater ( Rena Filstar - model FIL2) came >as a kit with it. The filter (which IS cleaned weekly) shows no sign >of "extra" waste compared to our other unheated fish tank (also using >same dechlorinated water). We have no live plants in yet and before >the introduction of the frogs and snails the water was crystal for a >month. It really is very "white" water... White water sounds like bacterial bloom, I have no idea how much waste frogs produce but presumably it could be cycling? I'm sure you wash your filter media in dechlored water but even so I would leave it unless the water output is diminished. Let it build up and get established. -- Flash Wilson - Web Design & Mastery - 0870 401 4061 / 07939 579090 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Work: www.wdam.co.uk                  Personal: www.gorge.org Posted by kt on May 11, 2006, 5:03 am Please log in for more thread options We have started to feed the snails on a more varied diet and the water has cleared - I found a website for apple snails which revealed they like peas, green beans and all manner of foods so rotating these with cucumber seems to be the trick. It's very nice to see them again! Thanks for your help