My mom got a 26 gallon bowfront. It has an aqueon 30 filter on it. It is ALWAYS cloudy! So...... Well I got mad!!! I did like a 60% water change and took out the airotor in the filter and buried her airstone again.....but thats not the worst part.... I used cold water and the temp dropped 4 degrees!!!! Now one of her platies has a fungus looking thing on its tail!
So here is the setup: 26 bowfront with a aqueon 30 filter and an airstone. I took out the airator. She has 7 glofish, 7 platies (one is a tiny one), 1 molly, 2 ottos, 1 julii cory, and a handful of molly and platy fry. She adds salt sometimes after a couple of water changes and she had the temp at about 74 probably. I raised it too 76 for her....then dropped it to 72 with this water change.....
The tank is cycled. The fish are all healthy except the one platy with possible fungus and one glofish that started acting wierd awhile ago and just hasnt recovered (insanity?)
So my questions:
Should we add aquarium salt regularly for the molly?
WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD WE SET IT TOO?
Will it hurt the fish to match the temperature of the water from the tap to the tank? (I was told not to do this because it could leach metals from the hot water pipes into the tank) If it is safe for fish is it safe for inverts? (I cant take any risk if its not. Expensive CPO)
Sorry for the length of this post. Just need answers!
Thanks in advance and God bless!
So here is the setup: 26 bowfront with a aqueon 30 filter and an airstone. I took out the airator. She has 7 glofish, 7 platies (one is a tiny one), 1 molly, 2 ottos, 1 julii cory, and a handful of molly and platy fry. She adds salt sometimes after a couple of water changes and she had the temp at about 74 probably. I raised it too 76 for her....then dropped it to 72 with this water change.....
The tank is cycled. The fish are all healthy except the one platy with possible fungus and one glofish that started acting wierd awhile ago and just hasnt recovered (insanity?)
So my questions:
Should we add aquarium salt regularly for the molly?
WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD WE SET IT TOO?
Will it hurt the fish to match the temperature of the water from the tap to the tank? (I was told not to do this because it could leach metals from the hot water pipes into the tank) If it is safe for fish is it safe for inverts? (I cant take any risk if its not. Expensive CPO)
Sorry for the length of this post. Just need answers!
Thanks in advance and God bless!