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Can I add another filter to my 10 gallon?
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It sounds like you are overfeeding your fish. This is a common mistake. Feed only what your fish can clean up in about 10 minutes. To help keep the tank clean, I’ve found that keeping the water you’ve vacuumed out in a plastic gallon jug for a week helps restore pH, etc. The junk should settle to the bottom of the jug, just pour the water back into the tank after you’ve vaccuumed out another gallon.
Also, how many fish do you keep in this tank? Ten small fish would be pushing the limit. The bigger the fish, the fewer you can have. You may need a bigger tank.
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I agree, it sounds like you are overfeeding your fish, but 10 minutes is insane! In 10 minutes, a 10 gallon fish tank could empty a small package of bloodworms! Only feed what they can eat in about 2 minutes… This will prevent excess food from getting to the bottom… I just give them some flakes in the morning, once at night, and sometimes a third time in between (a very small amount each time) and they get bloodworms weekly. This allows all the fish to get their share of food before it gets to the filter…
In your case, I think the food you are finding in the filter is likely because your filter is so strong that it sucks up the food before the fish have a chance to eat it… Try to put the floating food in the corner farthest from the filter (it will begin to drift in the current if the fish don’t eat it, and eventually end up in your filter any ways…). You know how to contact me if you need to… ;~D
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Why? If you clean your aquarium and do one quarter water changes every week like you should, you dont need to.
Uh, by the way, how many fish do you have in it? It sounds like it’s probably overstocked.
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