so confused on how to fix the water

[Conor1148]

they can live in a pond no problem as so long the temp is in their range

not for the oscars, i was just thinking if the occasional gut-loaded shrimp was good, i could use the pond in the basement for a shrimp breeder and keep the oscars in the big tank upstairs.

 

[Bazinga]

oh yea that could work, ive never tried to breed shrimp so thats not where yo can get help for me, im sure others on the site can help you, ive owned oscars for 10 years of my 15 years fish keeping so i know quite a bit about them

 

[Conor1148]

im thinking cherry shrimp, i spoke with someone who's bred them before who says they're the "reproductive bunny rabbits of the invertebrate world"

but anyways, besides the little guys being in a little shock from the gravel removal they're good to go. it was kinda weird though, my temp stayed the same settings and its been about 2 hours since i last added water (which i thought was a little cold) and now my temp went from 80F to almost 83F. i wonder why, maybe the rocks absorbed so much heat?

but tomorrow im going to be gone most of the day, but the afternoon i should be free, is there anything else i can do to help the cloudiness?


..to be on spring break from school, it sure feels like i sure am running alot harder now than during school..

 

[justonemoretank]

If you want to avoid displacing gravel and what's in it, put a small plate underneath the stream of new water to diffuse it as you add water slowly. If you want to avoid having nasty water after a water change altogther, cut back on feeding and increase gravel siphoning. If there's filth in the gravel, it's creating Nitrate, (hopefully only Nitrate -- I don't know if this tank is actually cycled), and therefore, even when your water looks clean, because the muck has settled into the gravel, it's still high in Nitrate, which will lead to illness, such as HITH, which is common in Oscars. It's best to remove it, rather than work around it, for the health of your fish.

 

[Conor1148]

If you want to avoid displacing gravel and what's in it, put a small plate underneath the stream of new water to diffuse it as you add water slowly. If you want to avoid having nasty water after a water change altogther, cut back on feeding and increase gravel siphoning. If there's filth in the gravel, it's creating Nitrate, (hopefully only Nitrate -- I don't know if this tank is actually cycled), and therefore, even when your water looks clean, because the muck has settled into the gravel, it's still high in Nitrate, which will lead to illness, such as HITH, which is common in Oscars. It's best to remove it, rather than work around it, for the health of your fish.

got it covered, the gravel was immediately removed already.

the tank was already cycled before my Oscars were put in.

 

[vaine111]

You simply just cleaned the tank too much. You took out too much of the BB that was in your gravel.
Plus you say the tank cycled in a week but that is almost impossible unless you added some sort of established media.
Next few times you clean your gravel(unless you are taking it out) just get the noticeable stuff off the top.

 

[Conor1148]

You simply just cleaned the tank too much. You took out too much of the BB that was in your gravel.
Plus you say the tank cycled in a week but that is almost impossible unless you added some sort of established media.
Next few times you clean your gravel(unless you are taking it out) just get the noticeable stuff off the top.

I took the gravel out. And with the cycling, it was done in about 8 days and was tested with three different kits. I dunno what I did or how it happened, but it did.