jessipanda
Aquarium Advice Freak
The RCS can eat the fish waste, and the Plants will require the ammonia from the fish waste for photosynthesis. So I think I got the fish waste problem under control.
I change the water every week or every 5 days and tomorrow I'll change the water as well as adding more sands for the plants. Since I only had a few of them so the plants tend to float again and again.... Troublesome... Now I have more, gonna add them tomorrow
Yes they're suffering... But I need more money to get bigger tank for them. I plan to make this small tank to breed the guppies, so it is a temporary tank for them actually...
I'm saving up some money to buy another tank. As well as thinking of where should I put the next bigger tank.... Since I have a very limited amount of space for these tanks..... It's a really small house.....
As far as I know, and from doing research on them, RCS don't actually eat much (if any) fish waste. They graze on biofilm and algae mostly. Plus, they leave their own feces as well. Plants are great at taking in nitrates, but the ammonia has to be able to convert to it for the plants to absorb it. I really hope you can get that larger tank soon! Those fishies will really appreciate it!
Again, I'm really not trying to be rude at all. A 7 gal is very small and you have 4 times the recommended amount of fish for it.