bigjohnstud4200
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Sep 7, 2007
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Hello everyone, this is my first post and I come to you in a semi-emergency need.
A year ago we purchased my daughter a sponge-bob fish take. It is 2.8 gallons and we had 1 beta, two platty's and one other (can't rembmer the name, but he's a bottom feeder). Well, a couple of weeks ago, I look into the tank and WOW! There are 8 new plattys! A friend was throwing out a 20 gallon tank so we inherited it. I cleaned it up, got a new filter system, rock, plastic plants and varies tank accessories. We also purchased 6 more fish that I put into the old 2.8 gallon tank. After setting up the tank I conditioned it and let the filter run for 24 hours before I put 1 new fish and 4 baby Platty's in. The water started getting cloudy, something I remember from the tank setup of the 2.8 gallon, but I decided to search the internet to find the proper procedure for new tank setup. I found that fact that you're only supposed to put 1 inch of fish per 10 gallon tank, etc, etc, etc. I decided to let the tank stabilize, however (and this is the emergency part), the old 2.8 tank is getting dark brown really fast. The tank originally had no filter so i purchased an add on and it's working, but the tank is still very dirty brown. I'm wondering if the fact that too many fish are in this tank is the problem and if I can start moving some to the big tank yet. The big tank has been up 1 week now and is crystal clear.
A year ago we purchased my daughter a sponge-bob fish take. It is 2.8 gallons and we had 1 beta, two platty's and one other (can't rembmer the name, but he's a bottom feeder). Well, a couple of weeks ago, I look into the tank and WOW! There are 8 new plattys! A friend was throwing out a 20 gallon tank so we inherited it. I cleaned it up, got a new filter system, rock, plastic plants and varies tank accessories. We also purchased 6 more fish that I put into the old 2.8 gallon tank. After setting up the tank I conditioned it and let the filter run for 24 hours before I put 1 new fish and 4 baby Platty's in. The water started getting cloudy, something I remember from the tank setup of the 2.8 gallon, but I decided to search the internet to find the proper procedure for new tank setup. I found that fact that you're only supposed to put 1 inch of fish per 10 gallon tank, etc, etc, etc. I decided to let the tank stabilize, however (and this is the emergency part), the old 2.8 tank is getting dark brown really fast. The tank originally had no filter so i purchased an add on and it's working, but the tank is still very dirty brown. I'm wondering if the fact that too many fish are in this tank is the problem and if I can start moving some to the big tank yet. The big tank has been up 1 week now and is crystal clear.