Well usually thats what I do for well clown loaches for example are scavengers and usually i put the intended type of fish you want then when theres enough waste going around or food and its well sustained its ready for scavengers to help keep the ground clean and other decorSmok3o3;3906729; said:
Cloudy Lookin Tank????
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Thats a good way to start up a tank. when i first had this tank up all i had in here were simple feeder goldfishes to test out the tank make sure its alright. the gold fishes are no longer in this 80 gallon but these loches i have was in a tank with many guppies i took them out and put them in this 80 gallon so the guppies could breed. Yea they loving this 80 gallon they swimming strong cloudy or not thats a good sign, just it would be greater if its crisp and clear
well all I can say for right now is to get the certain amount of wonder shells for the tank or/and water clarifyer for now good bye if you still need help with anything add me on youtube and subscribe and follow my new series of tank videos and my email is vgmel8335@ameritech.net if you ahve questions or problems
Have you tested your water? Are you sure it's cycled? Newly setup tanks should be monitered closely for at least 3 months imo. Remember to test often and stock slowly.
I really need to learn to read more carefully, but yeah, if the tanks been up for less than a month, my guess is that its un-cycled which is causing the cloudiness...
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Water Clarifier is only a quick fix solution that only works temporarily... been down that route myself and realized the best bet is to sort it by finding out whats causing the water to be cloudy...
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Water Clarifier is only a quick fix solution that only works temporarily... been down that route myself and realized the best bet is to sort it by finding out whats causing the water to be cloudy...
Clown Loaches are really, really sensitive. They are not what I would call a beginner fish, and they don't do well in poor water conditions. Just because they are alive, doesn't always mean they are strong or doing well.
A typical 30 gallon tank takes 4-6 weeks to cycle.
What type of filter(s) do you have on this tank? Are you using Carbon cartridges? Is there gravel or sand in the tank? What is your flow rate?
If you are successfully turning your tank over a decent amount of times each hour 3+, then you can look for it to cycle in 4-6, maybe 8 weeks.
I suggest taking your clown loaches out, and putting them back in the other tank you had them in for time being. Then, I would do a complete water change and use some seeded filter material from another tank (provided the tank is healthy) and slap that on, and let it do it's thing. Don't add any fish, just be patient and let it cycle... properly...
If you do not have any seeded media available, then you can cycle the tank with household ammonia.
A typical 30 gallon tank takes 4-6 weeks to cycle.
What type of filter(s) do you have on this tank? Are you using Carbon cartridges? Is there gravel or sand in the tank? What is your flow rate?
If you are successfully turning your tank over a decent amount of times each hour 3+, then you can look for it to cycle in 4-6, maybe 8 weeks.
I suggest taking your clown loaches out, and putting them back in the other tank you had them in for time being. Then, I would do a complete water change and use some seeded filter material from another tank (provided the tank is healthy) and slap that on, and let it do it's thing. Don't add any fish, just be patient and let it cycle... properly...
If you do not have any seeded media available, then you can cycle the tank with household ammonia.
mshill90;3906786; said:
Yea i agree just cause they alive it dont mean its a for sure thing that they healthy. right now i got two hang on filters each is made for 45-80 gallon tanks and it does have a carbon filter and yesterday i put in a powerhead attach to it a sponge like material kinda like a car intake filter. my tank has no gravel no sand it has two drift wood that i soaked over night and thats it. there gotta be such thing as too much water flow but what do you think about my set up so far?
Smok3o3;3906828; said:
At 45-80 gallon HOB filters, you are only turning that tank over 2 times an hour. That's NOT enough of turn over rate. Get another HOB filter, or a canister filter and ditch the HOB's. There's not really a such thing as too much water flow. It's not water flow you need to worry about, it's filtering.
Your set up is fine, but take your fish out and start over.
Seeded material is filter material that is being used on a tank that is already cycled.
