Floyd R Turbo- They didnt test the ammonia, i asked them why and the guy said 9/10 times its noticable with morts, ir-regular behavior or atleast burn marks on the fish
I can take a sample of tap water in the next time i go in. Ive just did about 4 water tests so far so i dont want to annoying him with water changes because usually when i go in there its packed.
Ive been doing about 20%(15 gallons of a 55 gal tank(to tired to do math)) water changes ever week or so, and i did a 50% a week ago when it started to show green again. It got clearer but 2 days later it was back to what it was to begin with.
Last time i changed, or cleaned the filter media was when i did the 50% water changed, covered the tank for 4 days, and then did another water change umm about a month ago. Im not really sure how to clean them. Althou i havent put much thought into it.
The filter has 2 parts to it a cloth part with carbon in it. And then the water goes throu a what looks like a spunge. Just not as thick. Kinda hard to explain. I have never cleaned those, they also never have been dirty since i set up the tank either. I did pull the filters when i put fungus guard in, i didnt clean them thou. As soon as the fish got better i put the filters back in. It was basicly circulating the water, maybe picking up water debri or what not.
mfdrookie516- Its going pretty good. Im waiting for winter lol
. I leave the lights on the tank for about 7-10 hours a day. It usually changes since my sleeping habbits change and i turn it on when i get up. Pre water changes i mentioned in the above paragraph. I feed them betta flakes once every week because they dont really eat them, more for the cory, and i feed them the alge waffers one or two a day. The fish go wacko over them. They really never touch the bottom, if the do the pleco are on them instantly. I feed them once when i wake up and usually once when i go to bed. I break them into about a dozen peices.
I have, in my 55 gallon.
4 silver dollars now (3 as big a quarter) (1 about 4 inchs long)
4 cory (2 elbino)(1 spotted)(1 green)
2 pleco (About 5 inches long each)
I was reading about a small fish that will eat the alge bloom, and i dont think any of my fish would bother them but maybe the cory (correct me if im wrong), so i may try that route. I dont want to do chemicals, and i dont want to stress them out with weekly 50% water changes unless i have to.