Hey guys,
i need a little help here. My son has a 20 gallon high running an aqueon HOB filter for a 30 gallon tank, air stone also. The inhabitants are 2 gouramis (one about 2 inches the other about 3 inches), 3 baby (less than 2 inches) green severums, one leopard cactus pleco (2 inches) and a 5 inch baby black arowana. It's a temorary grow out tank for the soon to be bigger fish. he's kept the following water parameters:
Nitrate: 0
Amm: 0
PH: 6.5
GH: 25
KH: 30
Tem: 84
Everyone looks good and is active and eating well. There is this hazy greenish white cloudiness to the water. I thought it was cycle crash so I told him to lessen the water changes from every other day to weekly. (the every other day water change was in case he overfeeds, he's 13 and loves to see them eat!)
Now he has another 20 gallon long, with the same water params one baby black aro, 2 baby convicts, and a baby mayan cichlid. That tank use to have the same cloudy greenish white water, but both tanks went through 50% water change filter media change and purigen was added to both filters. The 20 gallon long cleared up in a matter of 6 hours.
The 20 gallon high remains with the greenish cloudy water! Does anyone think that maybe the filter isn't working properly? HELP! My son is really getting into fish keeping and is really good with his aquarium responsibilities and is now feeling like he's doing more wrong than good. he lost one baby black aro, an angel fish and a gourami!
i need a little help here. My son has a 20 gallon high running an aqueon HOB filter for a 30 gallon tank, air stone also. The inhabitants are 2 gouramis (one about 2 inches the other about 3 inches), 3 baby (less than 2 inches) green severums, one leopard cactus pleco (2 inches) and a 5 inch baby black arowana. It's a temorary grow out tank for the soon to be bigger fish. he's kept the following water parameters:
Nitrate: 0
Amm: 0
PH: 6.5
GH: 25
KH: 30
Tem: 84
Everyone looks good and is active and eating well. There is this hazy greenish white cloudiness to the water. I thought it was cycle crash so I told him to lessen the water changes from every other day to weekly. (the every other day water change was in case he overfeeds, he's 13 and loves to see them eat!)
Now he has another 20 gallon long, with the same water params one baby black aro, 2 baby convicts, and a baby mayan cichlid. That tank use to have the same cloudy greenish white water, but both tanks went through 50% water change filter media change and purigen was added to both filters. The 20 gallon long cleared up in a matter of 6 hours.
The 20 gallon high remains with the greenish cloudy water! Does anyone think that maybe the filter isn't working properly? HELP! My son is really getting into fish keeping and is really good with his aquarium responsibilities and is now feeling like he's doing more wrong than good. he lost one baby black aro, an angel fish and a gourami!
