Recent content by Sombunya

I have a AC 70 hanging on the back of a 20 gallon tank with three small Goldfish, a 3" Sculpin and a 3" Bluegill. Although the water quality is good and I do 50% changes weekly, it barely makes it.

And do water changes treating the new water with PRIME. If it is a small tank and you are doing large water changes, watch the temperature, trying to keep it close. If the water is properly treated you can change it as often as you like. I was doing 50% changes daily on one of my tanks while it...

If the silicone was set before the tank was filled, and I'm sure it was, then any movement after it was set would cause a leak. I don't think the glass is "bending" either. If the tank is 24" tall you still have less than 1 pound per square inch pushing against the sides. I'd keep an eye on it...

What are they, $2-$3 each? If it's a once-a-month thing I say shop for the best deal and buy a new one. Some fish stores wheel and deal. See if you can get a discount. In a ten gallon tank watch out for a mini-cycle though.

Exactly. I had a tank by the window once. Big mistake. Cleaning your filter every day or even every week is a mistake too. My fish are massive waste producers, and I feed them heavily as well. I vacuum and change water often (25% twice a week) but I rarely touch the filters unless I can see the...

I think I'm paying about a third of a cent per gallon for my tap water. Three gallons for less than a penny. I change about 50 gallons twice a week. May take more than that to pump it out. If I use 300 gallons a week to do my water changes then I'm paying less than a dollar to do it. And my...

Personally I disinfect with Sodium Hypochlorite, also known as swimming pool chlorine. If you use Chlorox or a laundry bleach then double the amount below. I think about 1/3 of a gallon in your 75 gallon tank will give you a 500 ppm concentration, plenty to disinfect it well. Add the substrate...

Don't use table salt. It contains additives. If you want to use salt in a FW tank but don't feel like spending $8 for a pound of it you can use Kosher salt. I find at the .99 cent store for 99 cents a pound. I did a google search about salt use and kept track of the "pro" vs "con" websites...

With a tank that small I'd seed it with material from a cycled tank and then add a (small) fish or two and let it cycle that way. You'd be doing water changes every day but with a tank that small it would be easy to keep the nasties at or below .25 ppm.

You should be doing 25% changes every week, IMO.

Same here.

Sounds good to me. I think if you keep them that low through the cycle you will have no problems.

FWIW, I have a 100 gallon tank that is 60" long, 24" high and 16" deep. The builder advises that the tank be placed on a flat surface and that a couple of strips of wood, 1/8" thick, maybe 2 inches wide and maybe 17-18 inches long be placed under each end and not the front and back. So the...

I did 50% PWC's on my 20 every day while it was cycling. Then one day, everything was good.

Not sure. I once saw a three incher come out of a two inch Goldfish. Only once. Try changing food.