Thanks for all the great info
The milky water is clearing in the 20
gal...and my fish are still surviving.
I bought a testing kit and the water was at 3.0 (not good). I treated the water with an ammonia neutralizer to bring it down and am doing a 3
gal distilled, 24 hour old treated water change every 2 days.
The water being added is store bought distilled water and treated with a metal, chlorine, etc remover before being added for 24 hours.
I stripped the 75 down completely, cleaned and treated the plastic plants, gavel, etc. and started over (it smelled like a sewer; is that normal)...I'll add the biospira to the 75 this weekend and continue to build it up over the next several weeks and add fish and plants given your direction.
I have a 440 Flo Vue on the 75 and a Whisper 20 on the 20 (sorry not sure of spelling as I'm in Chicago during the week and my mother-in-law
is changing the water)
My game plan is to add biospria to the 75 this weekend.
I also swapped one of the four carbon packs for an ammonia cleaning pack on the 75 and the water after a week it is crystal clear.
So now how do I proceed ?
I have live 6 bunches of plants in the and want to move some to the 75
sometime before the fish also in the 75 I have 10 plastic plants, big rocks from the pet store and a plastic ornament. I have 2 air stones and 2 8" air strips to aerate the water.
In the 20 I have 2 Gold Gromies
2 Glue Gromies
2 Gray Platays
2 Gray Catfish
1 brown/black speckled cat
2 Algae Eaters
...I'm sure you are laughing at my spellings, but what do you expect from a compter consultant.
(I'll get the spellings right going forward when time permits.)
Would a "7-day" feeder be Ok to use off and on when family isn't available or should l have the 17 year old neighbor feed them ? (we’ve got cats that need fed anyway)
How much do you feed ? I've read that no more that what they can eat in 2-3 minutes. How much is that ?
Again thanks for this great medium. Your support and knowledge is gratifying and helps me make it through.