Lardeelion
Aquarium Advice Freak
Morning everyone. I'm new here - this is my inaugural post. Hi.
I've had my 55-gallon up and running for almost 8 years now, so I have a well-established tank. Yesterday I made the switch to a canister filter. I had both running for a week to give the canister time to build up bacteria. I'd intended to let them both run for 2 or 3 more weeks, but the HOB gave up the ghost yesterday. I stuffed the biowheels into the canister. The filter cartridges (the kind with carbon) were removed because I was doing an ich treatment. One fish is sick and is in a hospital tank. I was doing a cautionary dose in the big tank.
The carbon was also removed from the canister because of the ich meds.
Now the water is just slightly cloudy. It's slight enough that I keep asking myself if I'm crazy. I tested yesterday and everything was normal. Normally I'd just do a water change. But since I just dosed with ich meds, I'm thinking I should wait a day. The fish seem fine. So, a) What might the cloudiness be? and b) When can I do a water change after an ich dose? Wait until tomorrow? This afternoon?
A sub-question: the clown loach with the ich spots is in a hospital tank. Nobody in the 55 has any spots. How many times should I treat the 55? (Temp is around 83 right now. Not sure if I should crank it up.)
Enjoying the site!
(I know the clowns will need a bigger tank when they "grow up". At the moment they are very small.)
55-gallon planted tank, fluorite substrate
Cascade 1000 canister filter
4 congo tetras
3 black skirt tetras
2 white skirt tetras
4 baby clown loaches
1 burmese loach
1 betta waiting for his tank to cycle
I've had my 55-gallon up and running for almost 8 years now, so I have a well-established tank. Yesterday I made the switch to a canister filter. I had both running for a week to give the canister time to build up bacteria. I'd intended to let them both run for 2 or 3 more weeks, but the HOB gave up the ghost yesterday. I stuffed the biowheels into the canister. The filter cartridges (the kind with carbon) were removed because I was doing an ich treatment. One fish is sick and is in a hospital tank. I was doing a cautionary dose in the big tank.
The carbon was also removed from the canister because of the ich meds.
Now the water is just slightly cloudy. It's slight enough that I keep asking myself if I'm crazy. I tested yesterday and everything was normal. Normally I'd just do a water change. But since I just dosed with ich meds, I'm thinking I should wait a day. The fish seem fine. So, a) What might the cloudiness be? and b) When can I do a water change after an ich dose? Wait until tomorrow? This afternoon?
A sub-question: the clown loach with the ich spots is in a hospital tank. Nobody in the 55 has any spots. How many times should I treat the 55? (Temp is around 83 right now. Not sure if I should crank it up.)
Enjoying the site!
(I know the clowns will need a bigger tank when they "grow up". At the moment they are very small.)
55-gallon planted tank, fluorite substrate
Cascade 1000 canister filter
4 congo tetras
3 black skirt tetras
2 white skirt tetras
4 baby clown loaches
1 burmese loach
1 betta waiting for his tank to cycle
