Tank cleanliness issue

[Greg31]

So I just set up my 90g with white sand a couple weeks ago. I have a 1 inch flowerhorn, a 4 inch jack dempsey, 2 inch gold nugget pleco and a 4 inch bushynose pleco.

I feed them half a cube of blood worms, and around 5 total sinking pellets a day. The next morning more then 40% of my tank sand is covered with fish poop. Am I feeding too much? I have been trying to clean this poops as best I can every morning but this is getting ridiculous. I did not think I was feeding too much.

 

[Greg31]

This picture was taken last night. I cleaned the tank yesterday morning...

 

[Redearsunfish]

gold nugget pleco & bushynose pleco = poop machines.

 

[Greg31]

I think I will have to get rid of the bushy nose.

 

[Redearsunfish]

They're great fish (the catfish), but with a white sand substrate, it will never be clean. i'd go with an glass magnet instead.

 

[Redearsunfish]

your feeding routine seems reasonable in my opinion.

 

[xdragonxb0i]

just clean it more often.


It just one problem with sand. but its also a good side.

 

[Evilking]

I think I will have to get rid of the bushy nose.

Don't get rid of the bushy nose. It will be your main algae cleaner in your tank. Just clean the tank more often.

 

[screaminleeman]

gold nugget pleco & bushynose pleco = poop machines.

I have to agree with Redearsunfish! I have a tank with the white sand subtrate and only do the standard 50% water change weekly. I have three Florida Gar, an Endicheri Bichir, a Palmas Palmas Bichir, two Buttikoferi Tilapia and a Jaguar cichlid in there. They eat around a quarter to a half pound of meat (market shrimp, fish fillet, scallop ...) a day along with a handful of pellet food, with not as much poop after seven days as you have in one!

The occasional load of feeder goldfish ~ 20 -> 30 do however cause these monsters to greatly increase their "poop" output.

Don't feel bad though. I do have some common Highfin Spotted Plecos in other tanks and they NEVER stop crapping! I feel like kicking myself in the rump for getting four in the Petsmart $1 sale! Never again!

 

[-Sinatra-]

Yep blame the BN and the driftwood. They eat the wood and crap it out, BN plecos are ideal for planted tanks, I would never recomend one for other kinds of tanks.