Dragonchild85
Aquarium Advice Regular
Greetings.
I may be posting this in the wrong spot, and if so, I apologize. But I have a couple of questions.
1) What is the test kit most of you recommend? I've gotten conflicting answers, so I don't know. Some say tablets, others swear by drops, yet more preach about the strips.
2) I am old-fashioned I guess. I use a syphon/gravel vac to clean my gravel and do water changes. But I saw an ad for the Python No spill setup...you hook it up to your faucet to clean the gravel and add water. How do you remove the chlorine from the new water? How do you add stress coat? Where does the nasty water go? IF anyone has one of these and uses it, please let me know. I'd love to kick my old buckets if I could.
3) What's the difference in the filters? I currently have an Aquaclear 50 on my tank, and was told I might want to change to a wet/dry or canister filter when I restock (I'm letting it die down for now, we're moving in about a year, and I don't want to try to move a huge tank!). What's the difference? For that matter, what in teh world is a sump pump? Which is easy to use? Which is the best for a tank? Which would cause me to rip out my hair and beat my head against a wall?
4) What are some other treats people give their fish? I feed mine tubefix worms and bloodworms as treats, and frozen brine shrimp on occasion (live ghost shrimp even less often.)
5) Any help on getting rid of some algea in a tank? My gourami's have been nibbling on it, but no where near the level of removal I need.
Thank you for your patience, and help.
~DC
I may be posting this in the wrong spot, and if so, I apologize. But I have a couple of questions.
1) What is the test kit most of you recommend? I've gotten conflicting answers, so I don't know. Some say tablets, others swear by drops, yet more preach about the strips.
2) I am old-fashioned I guess. I use a syphon/gravel vac to clean my gravel and do water changes. But I saw an ad for the Python No spill setup...you hook it up to your faucet to clean the gravel and add water. How do you remove the chlorine from the new water? How do you add stress coat? Where does the nasty water go? IF anyone has one of these and uses it, please let me know. I'd love to kick my old buckets if I could.
3) What's the difference in the filters? I currently have an Aquaclear 50 on my tank, and was told I might want to change to a wet/dry or canister filter when I restock (I'm letting it die down for now, we're moving in about a year, and I don't want to try to move a huge tank!). What's the difference? For that matter, what in teh world is a sump pump? Which is easy to use? Which is the best for a tank? Which would cause me to rip out my hair and beat my head against a wall?
4) What are some other treats people give their fish? I feed mine tubefix worms and bloodworms as treats, and frozen brine shrimp on occasion (live ghost shrimp even less often.)
5) Any help on getting rid of some algea in a tank? My gourami's have been nibbling on it, but no where near the level of removal I need.
Thank you for your patience, and help.
~DC