FishFanatic88
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi Guys,
Ok so i have been haveing some conflicting info/help. My dad has had aquariums for over 30 years and i learned most of everything i know from him (the rest i know from the internet, and you all of course!
). He taught me that when setting up a tank you only need to let it run with a filter for 24hrs based on gallonage (10 gals=24hrs, 20 gals=48hrs, 30=72hrs etc...) when i joined here of course i learned about cycling. He also taught me to get at least double the reccomended advertised gallonage of a filter (topfin 60 instead of topfin 30 for a 30 gallon) and then he obviously taught me the basics; heater, filter, airstone, hiding places etc.... But my maim problem lies in PWC, he says that they are unnecesary and he told me to just clean the gravel and drain about 30-40% of the water (of course i recently learned of Prime, from you guys of course! ) In his 75 gal the nitAtes always read super high but all of his fish are fine, he even keeps sometimes finicky fish such as angels, clown loaches and GBR. My tank always reads high nitrAtes also but again my fish are perfectly fine and i have angels and loaches too. I have breifly read that nitrAtes only cause algae to grow wouldnt that be good for my pleco?, but people say you have to do PWC to get rid of the nitrAtes because they harm the fish. I am not a noob, but i am alittle confused. As the title states, I Need Help/Advice/Input.
Thanks in advance!
Ok so i have been haveing some conflicting info/help. My dad has had aquariums for over 30 years and i learned most of everything i know from him (the rest i know from the internet, and you all of course!
). He taught me that when setting up a tank you only need to let it run with a filter for 24hrs based on gallonage (10 gals=24hrs, 20 gals=48hrs, 30=72hrs etc...) when i joined here of course i learned about cycling. He also taught me to get at least double the reccomended advertised gallonage of a filter (topfin 60 instead of topfin 30 for a 30 gallon) and then he obviously taught me the basics; heater, filter, airstone, hiding places etc.... But my maim problem lies in PWC, he says that they are unnecesary and he told me to just clean the gravel and drain about 30-40% of the water (of course i recently learned of Prime, from you guys of course! ) In his 75 gal the nitAtes always read super high but all of his fish are fine, he even keeps sometimes finicky fish such as angels, clown loaches and GBR. My tank always reads high nitrAtes also but again my fish are perfectly fine and i have angels and loaches too. I have breifly read that nitrAtes only cause algae to grow wouldnt that be good for my pleco?, but people say you have to do PWC to get rid of the nitrAtes because they harm the fish. I am not a noob, but i am alittle confused. As the title states, I Need Help/Advice/Input. Thanks in advance!
