ive had my 120 for YEARS, fishkeeping for 27 years. tank has been in place for over a year. nothing has changed. same filter, same feeding routine. same amount of light. i recently removed about half the fish and a few weeks later, i removed the half the scrubbie pads and replaced them with ceramic media.
tank has the following:
120g with fx5 filter
3 heater+850watts
4' t8 light
sand substrate
1 5" severum
30 platies
7 small tetras
5" hoplo catfish
and 2" clown pleco.
i do weekly 50% water changes, feed every other day
here's the kicker
the 65g right next to it has
an FX5 filter that i changed the media exactly the same way and same day
has a 3' dual t5 high output light
300wt heater
sand substrate
26 2-4" clown loaches
6 1.5" yoyo loaches
10 black skirt tetras
3" bristlenose pleco and 3" black ghost knife.
i feed the same and clean the same on both these tanks, everything is the same except the smaller tank has a bigger bio load.
ive tried adding chemipure media, more water changes, adding pothos to pull out more waste...ive never had this problem this long in 27 years of fishkeeping.
anyone have ideas?
tank has the following:
120g with fx5 filter
3 heater+850watts
4' t8 light
sand substrate
1 5" severum
30 platies
7 small tetras
5" hoplo catfish
and 2" clown pleco.
i do weekly 50% water changes, feed every other day
here's the kicker
the 65g right next to it has
an FX5 filter that i changed the media exactly the same way and same day
has a 3' dual t5 high output light
300wt heater
sand substrate
26 2-4" clown loaches
6 1.5" yoyo loaches
10 black skirt tetras
3" bristlenose pleco and 3" black ghost knife.
i feed the same and clean the same on both these tanks, everything is the same except the smaller tank has a bigger bio load.
ive tried adding chemipure media, more water changes, adding pothos to pull out more waste...ive never had this problem this long in 27 years of fishkeeping.
anyone have ideas?
