I Figured Out My Filtration Problem

[FishNCash]

The problem was mainly due to me feeding 12-18 market shrimps every other day with 10 massivore pellets, 30-40 hikari stixs, and 3-5 frozen feeders. This is all in one feeding. I cut back on market shrimp feedings from four times to two times a week and the water stay crystal clear for the whole week without any sick bichir. I would test my water to do the experiment but my water never had ammonia or nitrate. I am guessing that the ammonia level is so low that the API test kit didn't pick up. If you're having filtration or water problem issue then I hope this tip would help you out.

In addition, I also sold 5 bichirs. In less than one week I picked up 5 new bichirs!

 

[Hao]

yeh feeding does effect filteration,i sorta solved that by lower the temp of my tank so my fish dont as high metabolism so i dont feed as much anymore,believe me i save so much money! and my tank is super clear now,you notice Joe? my recent photos have clear background and surrounding,last month it was all cloudy,murky? my temp was 84-86 fish got hungry hella fast! now its in 78-82 range

 

[FishNCash]

yeh feeding does effect filteration,i sorta solved that by lower the temp of my tank so my fish dont as high metabolism so i dont feed as much anymore,believe me i save so much money! and my tank is super clear now,you notice Joe? my recent photos have clear background and surrounding,last month it was all cloudy,murky? my temp was 84-86 fish got hungry hella fast! now its in 78-82 range

I think I just get excited watching my fish eat. I just didn't realize shrimps can cause an ammonia spike. My temp has always been 79-82.


I noticed most of the time your tank is clean. I know you put a lot of working into maintaining to be sparkling clean.

 

[Darth Scohin]

Maybe you guys shouldn't have so many polys in the first place? Who am I kidding that'll never happen

 

[Hao]

i barely got 17-18 bichirs he has like 2x my amount LOL and my tank wasnt clean with AUL and massive feeding,i cant believe the AUL makes my tank dirty fast,but since i did more waterchanges frequently and lowered temp,feed less,its all good now!

 

[richierichdollar]

Hmm i dunno i am under filterd and over stock and never have ammonia spike or any problems of the sort. I am running a ac50 on a 55 gallon with a bubble wond, 5 cichlid,1pleco,1 electric catfish and 1 senegal and no problem. In my 10 gallon i got 1gouramis,4 painted fish(i dont condone painted fish girl bought them) and 1 ornate with the beginners filter, u know the one u put carbon and that pillow liner in and everything is always clear and good. Funny thing is when i had the ac50 on a 20 and 30 gallon my tank was always cloudy and fish always had ich, i dunno what it was but atleast i got it correct. I also feed 2x a day, cichlid gold,cichlid staple,spirulina discs krill and or earth worms. and no problem with the underfiltration but had a problem with over filtration hmm

 

[Hao]

Rich, i dont think your tank is overstock

 

[richierichdollar]

Rich, i dont think your tank is overstock

Oh ya then i can get somemore polys then my sengal is lonely and it will be awhile until my ornate can go in the tank with him because he is 2 small and will get eaten by my electric catfish

 

[RedDwarf]

I think the problem he was having with his filtration was due to feeding market prawns to his fish. It dramatically increases the bio-load in the tank and that shrimp juice doesn't help things either. You could try to rinse the prawns before you feed them.

 

[FishNCash]

I think the problem he was having with his filtration was due to feeding market prawns to his fish. It dramatically increases the bio-load in the tank and that shrimp juice doesn't help things either. You could try to rinse the prawns before you feed them.

I always thawed out the shrimp by rinsing. The problem is the juice in the shrimps making the water cloudy for 30mins after a feeding. Now that I reduced feeding market shrimps, my water stay crystal clear all day. I'm not trying to incite a debate here. I'm just passing along this info for my people that like to overstock their tank with bichirs like me. If my house was not on a raised foundation I would have a 500g tank sitting in my living room.