Ok so the problem is I have a 210 gallon tank with 2 large oscars about 12 inches each along with 1 pleco. i have all sand for the tank with a fluval fx 5 Canister filter. the bottom of the tank keeps getting way to much junk at the bottom i feed my oscars a few pellets each twice a day one in the morne once at night i make sure they eat all the food so none goes to waste and their waste seems to get every where and my filters don't seem to clean the bottom is there any good way to make a current at the bottom of the tank so the wast from the fish dosent settle or a set up i can do with my fluval Fx 5??? please help
Sand for a 210 gallon tank need help on how to clean
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I have tried doing power heads but every time it never creats a large enough current no matter how strong of power heads that I buy. so far the vaccum is the only way to get the waste off the bottom was just hoping that there was a better way then the vaccum. (tho i d vaccum every week along with a water change every two weeks)
Rayne;4927358; said:
along whit the power heads i tried a getto made air curtain to push air through the sand and "air blast" the waste up and stir it around
I would be careful about stirring up the bottom with powerheads.
Don't wanna get sand in the filter.
Manually cleaning, pop the "wide" tip of tour siphon off and get in there to your shoulder and skim the bottom. All debris will come right off the surface of the sand, and quickly.
Just be careful what you suck up, I sucked up a few pieces of DW on accident and I had to take the python apart and get it out of the valves.
Don't wanna get sand in the filter.
Manually cleaning, pop the "wide" tip of tour siphon off and get in there to your shoulder and skim the bottom. All debris will come right off the surface of the sand, and quickly.
Just be careful what you suck up, I sucked up a few pieces of DW on accident and I had to take the python apart and get it out of the valves.
many people ive talked too say a wet dry would be better then a canister filter but im not sure i want to abandon my old filters that work great
hahaha ya was tempted to put the two in there but i have never used a wet/dry and not sure whats the best let alone if it will even workaclockworkorange;4927528; said:You could always do a wet/dry and a canister together... Or just give me your FX5.
What filters are you running on your tank, just one fx5? Also don't feed them twice a day thats should help, I feed mine every other day to every two days.
really every two? one of my Oscars starts to jump out of the tank to get the food by the end of the nighterk419;4927699; said: