Hi All I have a 10 gallon tank that i've been kinda neglecting a little since getting my 55, the 10 gallon is about 5 weeks old now and have 3 tiger barb's in it and lately been noticing there looking alittle peaky well I won a full water test kit on ebay this week and got it yesterday so i ran tests on all my tanks i have a 5 a 10 and a 55 gallon well all look great except for the 10 the ph is good and the ammonia is good
but the nitrate went off the chart !!
so i did a 30 % water change and now the fish are looking like they should be, ill test the water again tonite when i get home figure that will be about 24hrs in this tank ih ave a cheapo filter and a nice mini penguin that i got from the local LFS After my first fiasco with that tank when i lost 2 nice rainbow fish, well after that i started fresh with both filters in there and new gravel even, waited 2 weeks brougth the water to the lfs and he said i shoudl be ok to get a couple fish so he recommended 3 tiger barbs and they are great watchign them swim after each other, anyhoo my question is what can i do to prevent this from happening again
frequent water changes ? also i noticed some build up of Algae on the fake plant i have in it and the back of the glass
even a little on the rocks i cleaned off the plant with hot water and the rocks i just mixed them up a little when i did the cleaning of 30%
so what do i do about that ? i was thinkign about getting a 40 gallon and putting the barbs in it with some nice plants live kind and a few rainbows because i really like the way they look and then using the 10 gallon for fry or as ahospital for the african cichlids i have in my 55g tank, but for now while there in the 10 gallon what cani use to keep my tank clean of Algae, i have a sucker fish in my 55g but i heard they get very big !! would u put one in a 10 gallon ?
thanks for all your help
Rd
but the nitrate went off the chart !!
so i did a 30 % water change and now the fish are looking like they should be, ill test the water again tonite when i get home figure that will be about 24hrs in this tank ih ave a cheapo filter and a nice mini penguin that i got from the local LFS After my first fiasco with that tank when i lost 2 nice rainbow fish, well after that i started fresh with both filters in there and new gravel even, waited 2 weeks brougth the water to the lfs and he said i shoudl be ok to get a couple fish so he recommended 3 tiger barbs and they are great watchign them swim after each other, anyhoo my question is what can i do to prevent this from happening again
frequent water changes ? also i noticed some build up of Algae on the fake plant i have in it and the back of the glass
even a little on the rocks i cleaned off the plant with hot water and the rocks i just mixed them up a little when i did the cleaning of 30%
so what do i do about that ? i was thinkign about getting a 40 gallon and putting the barbs in it with some nice plants live kind and a few rainbows because i really like the way they look and then using the 10 gallon for fry or as ahospital for the african cichlids i have in my 55g tank, but for now while there in the 10 gallon what cani use to keep my tank clean of Algae, i have a sucker fish in my 55g but i heard they get very big !! would u put one in a 10 gallon ?
thanks for all your help
Rd