zerobahamut03
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi there, first of all this is my first post on AA. I have seen the website a couple of times before but just recently made an account.
First of all, me and my BF put our money together and bought a 38 or 39 gallon tank which he keeps at his house. He has had it about 5 months now. Then the fever wore off on me and I ended up buying a 10 gallon tank. Had some Gouramis, Molleys, Platys, Clown Loaches,and a Tire Track eel. Recently my bf bought me a 29 gallon tank that I moved into my room. Moved over all the fish, and every fish did absolutely fine with the transition! No deaths what so ever. /phew, So having the other tank empty I ended up putting 1 Green Terror Cichlid by himself in that tank. Getting pretty and big himself! So my fish I have had them for a couple of months already, only fatality I had was a clown loach that got into the hollow log and couldn't get out. I felt bad since they were my favorites so I got 2 more. My bf finally got his tank under control and balanced and his tank looks great! Crystal clear water and everything.
That's where my problem comes in. No matter what I do I cannot keep the water clean for very long. I've tried almost everything that I have read about buying. I have read that some people don't even have to change their water for weeks and the water is crystal clear! That's where my BF is sitting at right now. I on the other hand have to change the water every 3-4 days because it starts getting dingy and cloudy. Even the 10 gallon fish tank is the same. I even started feeling them less because I was told that I was feeding too much. I was only feeding them about 2 pinches of food a day. I've put poor fishes through all these potions and liquids that say it'll clear the water and they still love me all the same regardless. Accu-rel, clarifliers are some that I have tried and nothing seems to work. When the community tank was in the 10 gallon I had an algae bloom but this solution that I used cleared it right up. Should I try and get a bigger filter? The one I am using are the ones that came with the tanks as the bundle. All the plants are fake and the subtrates are pebbles. When I do a pwc I always put the water conditioners and the right amount of salt for the amount of water taken out. Any help would be greatly appreciative!
First of all, me and my BF put our money together and bought a 38 or 39 gallon tank which he keeps at his house. He has had it about 5 months now. Then the fever wore off on me and I ended up buying a 10 gallon tank. Had some Gouramis, Molleys, Platys, Clown Loaches,and a Tire Track eel. Recently my bf bought me a 29 gallon tank that I moved into my room. Moved over all the fish, and every fish did absolutely fine with the transition! No deaths what so ever. /phew, So having the other tank empty I ended up putting 1 Green Terror Cichlid by himself in that tank. Getting pretty and big himself! So my fish I have had them for a couple of months already, only fatality I had was a clown loach that got into the hollow log and couldn't get out. I felt bad since they were my favorites so I got 2 more. My bf finally got his tank under control and balanced and his tank looks great! Crystal clear water and everything.
That's where my problem comes in. No matter what I do I cannot keep the water clean for very long. I've tried almost everything that I have read about buying. I have read that some people don't even have to change their water for weeks and the water is crystal clear! That's where my BF is sitting at right now. I on the other hand have to change the water every 3-4 days because it starts getting dingy and cloudy. Even the 10 gallon fish tank is the same. I even started feeling them less because I was told that I was feeding too much. I was only feeding them about 2 pinches of food a day. I've put poor fishes through all these potions and liquids that say it'll clear the water and they still love me all the same regardless. Accu-rel, clarifliers are some that I have tried and nothing seems to work. When the community tank was in the 10 gallon I had an algae bloom but this solution that I used cleared it right up. Should I try and get a bigger filter? The one I am using are the ones that came with the tanks as the bundle. All the plants are fake and the subtrates are pebbles. When I do a pwc I always put the water conditioners and the right amount of salt for the amount of water taken out. Any help would be greatly appreciative!