KerryK
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I don't know where to start, but here goes---
Have had my aquarium a little over a year (29 gal, using a BioWheel Filter with 2 media cartridges). I have 3 shubunkins (Whitie, Blackie & Goldie) who started out in my 45 gal water garden, but there was a mishap during our first cold snap in central Texas last year and they became my indoor fish. BOY, HAVE THEY GROWN! Everything was going along fine until I put some lucky bamboo in the tank about 3 to 4 months ago. Then I started having problems with cloudy water. I also discovered several times my BioWheel wasn't turning. The filter housing was backing up with water and flowing back into the tank. Also, the 2nd filter was really dirty and continues to be this way. I try to do weekly 10% water changes, but my schedule sometimes is thrown off. I have now taken all decorations & plants out of the tank, leaving just the shubies & 2 black mystery snails. When I perform the water changes, the water looks like it wants to clear up, but then gets cloudy again.
The fish don't seem to be in distress (like gasping for air at the top of the tank), but I certainly am over not having clear water like I used to. What should I do or try? Does anyone think the shubies are too big for the tank (they're about 5-6 inches now)? Could it be the BioWheel?
Thanks,
Kerryk
Have had my aquarium a little over a year (29 gal, using a BioWheel Filter with 2 media cartridges). I have 3 shubunkins (Whitie, Blackie & Goldie) who started out in my 45 gal water garden, but there was a mishap during our first cold snap in central Texas last year and they became my indoor fish. BOY, HAVE THEY GROWN! Everything was going along fine until I put some lucky bamboo in the tank about 3 to 4 months ago. Then I started having problems with cloudy water. I also discovered several times my BioWheel wasn't turning. The filter housing was backing up with water and flowing back into the tank. Also, the 2nd filter was really dirty and continues to be this way. I try to do weekly 10% water changes, but my schedule sometimes is thrown off. I have now taken all decorations & plants out of the tank, leaving just the shubies & 2 black mystery snails. When I perform the water changes, the water looks like it wants to clear up, but then gets cloudy again.
The fish don't seem to be in distress (like gasping for air at the top of the tank), but I certainly am over not having clear water like I used to. What should I do or try? Does anyone think the shubies are too big for the tank (they're about 5-6 inches now)? Could it be the BioWheel?
Thanks,
Kerryk