You can clean the very dirty gravel with fresh water, just treat with dechlorinator first.
If you are too energetic with the gravel, you will kill the bio filter. Id probably siphon out as much crud as possible in your bucket, adding clean water treated with dechlor as required. And then maybe a swish […]
Yes Dora, I am planning to take everything apart. The only goal is to remove the polyster forever “see my previous message for further explanation”. I’m sure that the water will turn BLACK, not just brownish, when I pull the polyster out. And the gravel will probably be impossible to clean with the […]
I was hoping someone could answer me a few questions. I have a 55 gallon saltwater tank that I have had running for a good few months now. it was an established tank when I got it, yet very unkempt! aside from the few fatalities which from what I hear is par […]
What is the capacity of this tank in gallons?
It isn’t clear what you are doing to this tank. You say “”I only use a little bit””. A little bit of what? Ph adjuster? Water?
The guys are right about not using ph adjuster; usually not a good […]
In a message dated 7/8/2008 7:55:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time, shelties@suddenlink.net writes:
A well-intentioned relative found a huge fireant mound near the top of my waterfall and sprayed it with ant killer after he was bit by one. When I heard this, I ran out to find […]
Here are some of the things I discovered.
1. I got the new shipment of koi 96 3 1/2″ to 5″ Koi from Japan tweo weeks ago. I put them imidiatly into a 200 gallon holding tank for observation. As with al new shipments of gish I treated them wim Fruan […]
Hi Lorraine (and Dennis). I’d like to chime in on this thread because I’m very concerned about the rock/boulder problem that you are highlighting here. We also have rocks and boulders in our pond, but they’re a necessity for us. You see, we’re just a few houses up from […]
Thanks everyone for your help! I am going to go forth and try it.
Let me explain in detail what I plan on doing. I have several fishtanks:
(2) 55 gallon (3) 20 gallons (3) 10 gallons. Along with the smaller tanks I was given H.O.T filters and accessories. The 55 gallon is my established […]
Although my koi are back feeding again, I think the pond PH is still very low (acid). I’ve put some limestone in the pond, but that doesn’t seem to be making a lot of difference as far as I can tell. Is there any thing else I can use? Also how much would I need […]
Hi James,
The name of the fish kind of hints at the nature of the fish in this case.
What kind of Algae eaters do you have? How big is the tank? Gallons and dimensions?
From your posting I cannot tell which fish inhabited the tank you have first. The cichlid or the algae eaters.
If you take […]