MarlboroMan said:
MarlboroMan said:
your absolutly nuts man!!
lemme guess, those water changes are done once a week?
woke up to a grave of dead fish.
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your absolutly nuts man!!
lemme guess, those water changes are done once a week?
DeLgAdO said:your absolutly nuts man!!
lemme guess, those water changes are done once a week?
I said daily.....
MarlboroMan said:
Think about it, Ponds, Lakes, Rivers, streams, Have no conventional filter like tanks. Just plants an such, But you should leave something in the tank to create water flow. Currents help distribute O2 threwout the tank an give the fish resistance when there swimming.
That is my worst nightmare
..... I lost power for ONLY 5 hours saturday and lost two 4" clown loaches and one 8" xingu I.
The fish in all my tanks where gasping at the surface. I will be buying a generator by the end of this week so that this will not happen again....ever.
Then to top it all off one of my 11" gars jumped ship last night throught a 2"x 6" gap in my canopy..... seems like this has been a bad week in the fish keeping world for a few peeps here.
..... I lost power for ONLY 5 hours saturday and lost two 4" clown loaches and one 8" xingu I. The fish in all my tanks where gasping at the surface. I will be buying a generator by the end of this week so that this will not happen again....ever.Then to top it all off one of my 11" gars jumped ship last night throught a 2"x 6" gap in my canopy.....
seems like this has been a bad week in the fish keeping world for a few peeps here.marlboro - even with this experiment you don't want fish in stagnant water, leave the powerhead on all the time.
What fish do oyu have in there and how long has the tank been unfiltered?
What fish do oyu have in there and how long has the tank been unfiltered?
Damm that really figgin sucks!!
Faulty plugs and a loss of power really make a fishkeeper go nuts!
Faulty plugs and a loss of power really make a fishkeeper go nuts!
The tank has been non filtered the whole time it been running, about 3-4 months. I keep the powerheads (2) on during the day, but it gets loud when im trying to sleep, and the tank is 6" from my bed. I got some giant danios, congo tetra, ATF, geophagus, gachua, and 2 peacock cichlids. When I wake up in the morning I always check to see how the fish are handling the stagnant water, and none of them are gasping or anything of that nature, so I figure the plants are helping somewhat. I dont recommend people trying non filter tanks, but Ive dont it before and have some experience, and I do recommend keeping live plants in your tank even if its the cheap kind, like anachris which really helps oxygeninate the water.
