Sorry guys about all the questions but my arowana is acting strange.

[fishhead0103666]

You want to keep the jardini in a heavily stocked 6.5’ x 2’ x 2’ with 25% weekly water changes.

I’d say do not do this. Could the water change schedule work out with the jardini being the sole inhabitant? I can not say but I do know that you can not go light on the water changed on a heavily stocked tank. If you take only one thing away from this thread please let it be that.

twentyleagues rookies will make rookie mistakes and you have to bear it until they start getting more knowledgeable about the topic. The fact that he’s 14 doesn’t help.

I idkjardiniagressive? Watch it bud, don’t go getting into fights or burning bridges. You get angry at him for getting onto you for not wanting to care for your fish properly as stated blow

And people like you do bring out the worst in me as well, did you not see my previous post saying that I am going to do the weekly water changes.

You want to take care of your fish (from what I can tell) yet you say this.

But honestly I want to keep him... Actually will he be ok with weekly 25 percent water changes and living in a somewhat heavily stocked tank?

You want to keep him, you want to do what it right for him, you just don’t have the motivation to put in the time for him. That is what I’m getting.

You are doing much better by having more motivation to do water changes weekly but the % is not right and until that is changed your fish will not be in the best of health and people here will call you out on it because it is directly linked to your not willing to put in the time to care for them properly.

If I keep the jardini and do the weekly 25 percent water changes will he live ok with 5 bichirs, maybe one spotted gar, 2 kelbri peacock bass, and one pike cichlid, and some green terrors.

If you can only do a 25% weekly water change then I would stay far away from a heavily stocked tank with big fish. You need to understand this. You said you like heavily stocked tanks

The way I want to have the tank(a decent amount of fish in it )

Your water change schedule says that that is not the best path for you at the moment. What you need to do is either go with a singular big-ish fish that can deal with a 25% weekly water change or go with smaller fish, heavily plant it, and then you can go a bit heavy on the stocking MAYBE.


Listen man, I’m not trying to make you my enemy or berate you for being young, I’m 18, what I am trying to do is steer you onto the best possible path for you at the moment and to try to make your stay at mfk somewhat enjoyable at least by trying to get you not to fight with people. I’ve fought with people on this site before and I got banned rightfully so, don’t do it. It isn’t worth it. Anyway I hope I got through to you.

 

[Galantspeedz]

i can understand that some people are blunt here and are extreme in their fish requirements thus you may not like it... but at the same time, they are tired of repeating themselves because you keep asking the same question of getting away with smaller water changes... ultimately what you do with your fish and how much water change you do is up to you....

you can do 25% weekly water change for large fishes... no problem...

just be prepared that your fish/fishes may not be healthy or be dead. Your jardini is a good example.

and no matter how many times you ask the answer will always be the same....

 

[idkjardiniagressive?]

Ok I understand. I would rather have a heavily stocked tank with more work so I will do weekly 50-60 percent water changes... I was thinking about it and found a quick way to do it. I'll get a pond pump that's rated at about 1000gph hook up some tubing and bam the water change will be done in 8 minutes. Then I will do the same process to fill it up. And monthly I will clean the sand. twentyleagues sorry for the snarky arugmentitive response, I see where you are coming from, I was simply ignorant about the whole water change thing.

 

[idkjardiniagressive?]

and thank you fishhead for your patience, I couldn't believe water changes were that important. Why are water changes so important? is it just to replace the trace minerals? or generally keep the tank healthier.

 

[idkjardiniagressive?]

Also, on the intake of my filter I wrapped it in filter floss, it supposedly helps the canister filter do it's job better, is that ok?

 

[fishhead0103666]

and thank you fishhead for your patience, I couldn't believe water changes were that important. Why are water changes so important? is it just to replace the trace minerals? or generally keep the tank healthier.

Let me put it to you this way, what would happen if I locked you in a room for the rest of your life? The pee and poop would eventually build up and make you sick. This is the same concept with our fish. If we don't take proper care of our fish by doing water changes then their waste will turn toxic to them and slowly kill them. In the wild this is not a concern but our tanks, even a 10,000 gallon pale in comparison to the bodies of water mother nature has those fish living in.

 

[idkjardiniagressive?]

Ok, I get it. Thanks for all of the advice-

You want to keep the jardini in a heavily stocked 6.5’ x 2’ x 2’ with 25% weekly water changes.

I’d say do not do this. Could the water change schedule work out with the jardini being the sole inhabitant? I can not say but I do know that you can not go light on the water changed on a heavily stocked tank. If you take only one thing away from this thread please let it be that.

twentyleagues rookies will make rookie mistakes and you have to bear it until they start getting more knowledgeable about the topic. The fact that he’s 14 doesn’t help.

I idkjardiniagressive? Watch it bud, don’t go getting into fights or burning bridges. You get angry at him for getting onto you for not wanting to care for your fish properly as stated blow

You want to take care of your fish (from what I can tell) yet you say this.

You want to keep him, you want to do what it right for him, you just don’t have the motivation to put in the time for him. That is what I’m getting.

You are doing much better by having more motivation to do water changes weekly but the % is not right and until that is changed your fish will not be in the best of health and people here will call you out on it because it is directly linked to your not willing to put in the time to care for them properly.



If you can only do a 25% weekly water change then I would stay far away from a heavily stocked tank with big fish. You need to understand this. You said you like heavily stocked tanks

Your water change schedule says that that is not the best path for you at the moment. What you need to do is either go with a singular big-ish fish that can deal with a 25% weekly water change or go with smaller fish, heavily plant it, and then you can go a bit heavy on the stocking MAYBE.


Listen man, I’m not trying to make you my enemy or berate you for being young, I’m 18, what I am trying to do is steer you onto the best possible path for you at the moment and to try to make your stay at mfk somewhat enjoyable at least by trying to get you not to fight with people. I’ve fought with people on this site before and I got banned rightfully so, don’t do it. It isn’t worth it. Anyway I hope I got through to you.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Ok I understand. I would rather have a heavily stocked tank with more work so I will do weekly 50-60 percent water changes... I was thinking about it and found a quick way to do it. I'll get a pond pump that's rated at about 1000gph hook up some tubing and bam the water change will be done in 8 minutes. Then I will do the same process to fill it up. And monthly I will clean the sand. twentyleagues sorry for the snarky arugmentitive response, I see where you are coming from, I was simply ignorant about the whole water change thing.

I'm not quite sure just what exactly you have in mind with that water changing plan of yours but if anything it can be fine tuned to work if you ask for help from others here. You realized your mistake and admitted it, that's something to be proud of.

I'm not quite sure about the filter question so I'll leave that to others who can answer it better than I.

 

[idkjardiniagressive?]

Ok so I am basically gonna attach a pump to some gravel vac tubing, and that pump will be submerged in the water sucking it up and draining the tank. Very quickly (1000gph pump) So the pump will drain 1000gph out of my 210g tank.

 

[fishhead0103666]

I was pretty sure that was how you were planning on draining it but how will you fill it? If you wish to know what I would do then I would get a big stock tank, perhaps a rubbermaid one, and use that for holding the water as you treat it and possibly aerate it. Once it's ready then you pump it into the tank.
I would like to point out one thing though. A 1,000 gallon per hour pump isn't something to sneeze at. If a fish were to get suctioned to the intake it could injure or kill them. I'd create a sort of crate to prevent that from happening to be on the safe side.