Jgeezer1986
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I have a 20g and a 55g freshwater tanks. My boy dumped a whole can of flake food in the 20 and almost a whole can of shrimp pellets in the 55 while i was at work. This was two days ago.. Both tanks were cycled.
The 55 has gravel for the substrate so it was fairly simple to clean. i did a 75% Water chance sunday night and another last night and the tank is crystal clear this morning, but both cartridges of both of my filters need cleaned and the tank smells kinda funny. I am going to replace the carbon in the whisper5 and clean the bag. But the penguin biowheel has sealed cartridges and i took the carbon out of it a while ago when i treated for ich. The biowheel filter can told two sets of cartridges , should i just put the new set in along with the old set and take the old ones out in a week? And should I change the whisper5's filters out completely , or just add carbon and clean them? The tank shows no signs of rising ammonia right now.
As for the 20g, i have a single aqueon filter on the back of it. Its has playsand for the substrate. It only had six baby mollies in it , approx two months old. I did two 75% changes on that the first night and another last night and it is still kinda cloudy. That filter also needs changed. The ammonia has jumped up above .25ppm , but not up to .50ppm.
In the 20g, flake food keeps showing up every time i clean it , i just cant seem to get it all. None of my fish have died yet and the 20g looks like its already going to go through a cycle again. Both tanks have been cycled for some time now.
Any suggestion on a good way to deal with this dilemma?
Thanks ahead of time
The 55 has gravel for the substrate so it was fairly simple to clean. i did a 75% Water chance sunday night and another last night and the tank is crystal clear this morning, but both cartridges of both of my filters need cleaned and the tank smells kinda funny. I am going to replace the carbon in the whisper5 and clean the bag. But the penguin biowheel has sealed cartridges and i took the carbon out of it a while ago when i treated for ich. The biowheel filter can told two sets of cartridges , should i just put the new set in along with the old set and take the old ones out in a week? And should I change the whisper5's filters out completely , or just add carbon and clean them? The tank shows no signs of rising ammonia right now.
As for the 20g, i have a single aqueon filter on the back of it. Its has playsand for the substrate. It only had six baby mollies in it , approx two months old. I did two 75% changes on that the first night and another last night and it is still kinda cloudy. That filter also needs changed. The ammonia has jumped up above .25ppm , but not up to .50ppm.
In the 20g, flake food keeps showing up every time i clean it , i just cant seem to get it all. None of my fish have died yet and the 20g looks like its already going to go through a cycle again. Both tanks have been cycled for some time now.
Any suggestion on a good way to deal with this dilemma?
Thanks ahead of time