Tag Archives: water change

cycling question….or-uncycling….?

alo everyone. yesterday i went to petsmart to get an aquaclear filter and i also bought bloodworms (frozen) since the dwarf puffers werent eating their brine shrimp. now i got home and they LOVED the worms. but the problem is, today, the power went out. so the filter didnt work, obviously, and the fish were swimming near the top of the sides. now, i hear that means they are bored, but they never did that until today; it think they were looking for oxygen. so i bouught a battery opperated air pump: good. so i went to feed them their worms, and i dropped like a hundred in there! =/ i got as most as i could out, but an hour later, they were still munching on them. ughh, so yeah, i’m figuring theyll die. but my question is, the guy at the fish store said to do a water change. if i do this, will that uncycle the tank? because onnce im done doing that, and the water is good again (not dirty with shrimp and worm remains) i want to get more dwarfs, but will i have to recycle it again or not???

What could of caused my Betta fish to have died?

I got him from Petsmart in Dec. of 2007 . He had a 5 gallon tank with a heater and filter. I did weekley water changes. I fed him pellets and brine shrimp. I noticed his color was turning gray about 2 months ago, he use to be purple all over and his chin was white which was new this month. Yesterday I noticed his water was yellow, almost the color of urine. I then notice there was some sort of net (Bug) dead in his fish tank water. I did a water change last night, and woke up this morning he was gone. In the last month he would spit out his pellets, he did enjoy the brine shrimp. As I was taking him out his tank today, his color was rubbing off on the paper towel, the paper towel was turning purple which is his color if that helps. Also his eyes were cloudy when I was examining him. What could have caused my fish Tony to have passed? Thanks!

Angel fish not interested in food and listless?

I have a breeding pair of 14 month old angels and the female is not interested in eatting. I have tried blood worms, brine shrimp, flakes and also peas. She just is not having any of it. she stays in one corner most of the time but will move if another fish is near. my water is great PH is good all other levels are good and I just did a water change 5 days ago. I have never had a problem with any other fish in this tank…There are 3 corys and a botia and the two angels and thats it in this tank. Also the tank is a 45 gallon. I just dont know what her problem is

How often should I clean my filters system in my saltwater tank?

I’ve had my tank setup for around five months now and the filter system only been cleaned once. how often should it be clean? I have a Fluval 304 unit.I have a 40 gallon tank. I have… 1 shrimpgoby, 2 pajama cardinal, 2 percula clownfish, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 red general starfish. All of my fishes diet are different, some eat pellet, flake, brine or meaty. I have my tank water change every six weeks by a prof. however I only had my filter system cleaned once. So again how often should I have my filter system cleaned so my fishes can stay healthy.
Also should i clean my tank more often?
I just had my filter system cleaned two days ago.

quarantine tank growth?

Tank is 4-6 wks. old with a foam filter, piece of live rock and no substrate. Flake food kept the tank relatively clean, started using frozen brine shrimp noticed the foam filter turning reddish/brown also the tank floor. The top of the live rock also turning the same color. Water tests all good, temperature 79 degrees. Not overfeeding. Is this natural and should I clean it or leave it alone. I do a 1-2 gal. water change every 3-4 days and clean out fish waste daily.