I have a 3 stage filtration system..
Green acrylic, 2 carbon, then "noodles"!!(ceramic.)
I rinse the green and carbon in syphoned tank water. Carbon NOT every water change now.. Green, yes, if it looks clogged.. Noodles, never.
I think I am getting an "eye" for it now, (plus regular water monitoring...)
Seems to be paying off in my short fish-keeping life..
Nitratrites normal, Nitrates steady.(Been VERY bad, now well monitered and seems settled.)
No whitespot for 5mths, any sign of finrot, a dose of tonic-salts, and that shadow of what looks like finrot goes, (To me, a sign of finrot looks like an edge of white before it takes hold?? Easy to see on a red Platy.. Cured twice quickly with a dose of Tonic Salts.
I don't know.. some people think tonic salts a waste of money, but i never had any luck with Interpet's Whitespot, or their Antifungal/finrot meds.. Just made my fish lethargic and die..
Green acrylic, 2 carbon, then "noodles"!!(ceramic.)
I rinse the green and carbon in syphoned tank water. Carbon NOT every water change now.. Green, yes, if it looks clogged.. Noodles, never.
I think I am getting an "eye" for it now, (plus regular water monitoring...)
Seems to be paying off in my short fish-keeping life..
Nitratrites normal, Nitrates steady.(Been VERY bad, now well monitered and seems settled.)
No whitespot for 5mths, any sign of finrot, a dose of tonic-salts, and that shadow of what looks like finrot goes, (To me, a sign of finrot looks like an edge of white before it takes hold?? Easy to see on a red Platy.. Cured twice quickly with a dose of Tonic Salts.
I don't know.. some people think tonic salts a waste of money, but i never had any luck with Interpet's Whitespot, or their Antifungal/finrot meds.. Just made my fish lethargic and die..
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