Recent content by Southern star

I posted under member introductions and someone recommended I post here instead. I moved into a house and the last renter left a 55 gallon fish tank that was in awful shape. I have he details in the link. I cleaned the tank up pretty good but there is still some algae. I researched and I think...

Thanks for the help. What are the white things by the way? Everything in the filter cartridges was super gross. I'm guessing two years of sludge. It would almost make me gag just to smell it. I'm going to read up on taking care of an aquarium. I know I have a lot to learn. Whats the best way...

Also. How about the filter cartridges? You can take them apart and put whatever you want in there. There was some white cylinders mixed with charcoal. I just threw them out because all of it was so sludgy. . So I need more of these white things. Or is just the charcoal and white batting enough...

I would like to maintain the fish tank. I don't want the fish to be suffering from bad water. I was able to test ph and it was good. There's some other random test stuff but no instructions. The fish seem better now. They are swimming around and don't appear to be stressed. I was able to clean a...

I wanted to add a photo. The tank is clearing up and to my amazement don't look that bad considering the condition it was in before. Here is a picture of some of the algae left behind. I just want to make sure it's brush algae. Also a picture of the fish. They appear to be breeding like crazy...

I don't know much about keeping aquariums and recently inherited one. I'm renting a house and the previous renter just left his fish tank. The way I heard it was his old room mates who moved out 2 years ago and just left it. Then this guy just threw food in there and filled the water some. I...