56 gallon tank
75 gallon aqueon tank filter w/bag of carbon in filter box
H.O.T. Magnum 55 gallon canister
aqueon 500 power jet
aqueon 150w heater
40 lbs of (
CaribSea Aquarium Substrates)
3
Penn Plax Tank Terraces
about 9 plants large
6 small 2in plants
hand full of shells
pebble rock that goes on the terraces
some big stump thing
a helicopter
a sand stone house i made about 10-5-3
now for the fish
5 tiwan reef (3=4-5in) (2=2-3in)
2 electric yellow (2.5-3in)
2
Blue Peacock Cichlid (3in)
1
Elongated Mbuna (3in)
1
Venustus Cichlid (3+in)
1
Red Devil Cichlid (3in)
1
Acei Cichlid (3in)
1
Plecostomus (3in)
1 eye biter (3in)
2 Green Terrors2.5-3in)
2 albinos (1.5 in)
1 cant find his name (2in)
ok now to the problems. I cant seam to ever get the tank crystal clear. Ive had the tank for abotu 3 months now. I was unable to cycle the tank due to the old one breaking and haveing to do an emergency swap. ok so now i have the fish in a seprate 56 gallon tank no substrate just the decorations.
the fish dont really fight to much 1 is aggressive but the 4-5in tiwant fish keep him under control.
OK so my substrate in the other tank i need to clean it and i am doing that with 5 gallon bucket water and my hands draing swishing around being sure to move all of it to make sure i get out everything. once it is clean i will clean tank with just water and a cloth. put sand back in then decorations ect. OK how can i cycle the tank i am not sure how to do this i guess since i have been very uncsessful in getting a clean tank. If your wondering why i have to clean grave very high nitrate i had neglected the fish a little i was gone for 2 weeks to the field ( in the army) and my wife just fed them and ya this is where im at now. SO thanks in advance to any help wisdom yall could show me.
tom
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