I have had this tank up and running for about a year now and for at least 6 months it was running find and underfiltered just because I had minimal fish and the filter I had bought second hand with the tank wasn't working properly. After putting out the money for the tank, stand, broken but supposedly repairable eheim filter and everything needed to upgrade from a 20g to a 75g, I couldn't afford to go buy a new canister filter right away when fixing the filter didn't working.
So as is it is a 75 gallon tank freshwater community tank with two 20-40 aquatech power filters running on either end, heater, gravel, a few rocks and decor from the old tank and java moss that takes off every so often. Currently there was long finned zebra danio, platy I moved from the old tank and amano shrimp. I don't know what I'm doing wrong anymore. Tank temp sits right around 26C, anytime I've tested the water there's been no ammonia, nitrates or nitrites. The ph is about 8.5 no matter what I do to it. The local city water site right about that anyway. I do leave the light on most of the time during the day but I would like to get a timer on it soon. The tank does not get direct sunlight and is in a corner of my living room in the middle of the house, north facing window in the room but curtains are closed most of the time due to close neighbors.
I change the water every other week and top up as needed, very dry winter and hot summers need a little more attention. But the last almost 6 months I've been having trouble with green water, I assume it's an algae bloom but it keeps happening and clears mostly off on it's own if I leave it. This time though I'm losing inhabitants. The fish were fine last night what I could see of them and now today their fins look rough and there's white coming from their eyes, almost like you get sleep in your eyes in the morning. I use aloe based water conditioner and bio support every time I do a water change, and vac as much of the gravel as I can. It used to be more of a planted tank in the beginning but I don't think my lighting is strong enough for the plants I had, amazon swords and spiral vals. I would really like to get plants back in there because I like planted tanks much better than bare or artificial, much nicer to sit and look at.
I'm seriously considering pulling everything tonight, scrubbing everything down and starting over, new cycle.
Ideas or suggestions welcome.
EarthenGnome.
So as is it is a 75 gallon tank freshwater community tank with two 20-40 aquatech power filters running on either end, heater, gravel, a few rocks and decor from the old tank and java moss that takes off every so often. Currently there was long finned zebra danio, platy I moved from the old tank and amano shrimp. I don't know what I'm doing wrong anymore. Tank temp sits right around 26C, anytime I've tested the water there's been no ammonia, nitrates or nitrites. The ph is about 8.5 no matter what I do to it. The local city water site right about that anyway. I do leave the light on most of the time during the day but I would like to get a timer on it soon. The tank does not get direct sunlight and is in a corner of my living room in the middle of the house, north facing window in the room but curtains are closed most of the time due to close neighbors.
I change the water every other week and top up as needed, very dry winter and hot summers need a little more attention. But the last almost 6 months I've been having trouble with green water, I assume it's an algae bloom but it keeps happening and clears mostly off on it's own if I leave it. This time though I'm losing inhabitants. The fish were fine last night what I could see of them and now today their fins look rough and there's white coming from their eyes, almost like you get sleep in your eyes in the morning. I use aloe based water conditioner and bio support every time I do a water change, and vac as much of the gravel as I can. It used to be more of a planted tank in the beginning but I don't think my lighting is strong enough for the plants I had, amazon swords and spiral vals. I would really like to get plants back in there because I like planted tanks much better than bare or artificial, much nicer to sit and look at.
I'm seriously considering pulling everything tonight, scrubbing everything down and starting over, new cycle.
Ideas or suggestions welcome.
EarthenGnome.
