Tropical Fish 2

KIPAX

KIPAX

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Had a lot of trouble with PH levels and couldnt introduce new fish.. seems OK now

we have
1 red tailed shark
1 blue siamese fighting fish male
2 siamese fighting fish female
2 tetras (was 5)
5 zebra fish
2 cat fish
3 equatic frogs
3 orange thingy ones
5 white thingys


24 total

thinking of going from 4ftx12x12 to 4ftx18 but the logistics of swapping tanks is scary.

also thinking of changing to external filter... thoughts anyone?

also our pumps noisy.. we need a strong quiet pump...
 
Beware the frogs will eat any small fish, they hunt at night when other fish are at rest.
 
Not according to the shop.... and there small frogs.. smaller than any of the fish and shop says they dont grow any bigger... also in shop they where in with other fish... Maybe your thinking of differnt types of frogs?
 
do u get all that frogspawn and tadpoles wiht them?

or are they quite hard to breed?

not too keen on a frog explosion in my tank
 
Nothing like that happening at the moment thank goodness :)

Sorry had a couple of drinks when I wrote the original.. heres the proper list

we have
1 red tailed shark
1 blue siamese fighting fish male
2 siamese fighting fish female
2 tetras (was 5)
5 zebra fish
2 cat fish
3 equatic frogs
3 orange platties
5 diamond tetras (decent size)


Also since then got a more powerfull and quiet pump
 
KIPAX said:
Spots of green algy on glass.. whats happening :(
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Your VERY lucky if you don't get any, get it cleaned off though, it spreads like hell, is the tank in sunlight? makes it grow quicker if it is, better filtration slows its growth down, I used to use cotton wool in a power filter that skimmed the top of the tank and changed it weekly
 
K.S.H said:
Your VERY lucky if you don't get any, get it cleaned off though, it spreads like hell, is the tank in sunlight? makes it grow quicker if it is, better filtration slows its growth down, I used to use cotton wool in a power filter that skimmed the top of the tank and changed it weekly
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Tank is about 10ft from the window. Its not directly in sunlight. We have no real plants in the tank either, I took them all out after they started dying...

How would you recommend cleaning it off, I have a magnetic glass cleaner(with green scourer bit for the inside of the tank) but that didn't shift it, its on there solid. All the fish seem really content though.

Any help would be appreciated, I dont want it to get out of hand

I have asked on a couple of fish forums but no one answered:(


Thanks
 
AccyRed said:
How would you recommend cleaning it off, I have a magnetic glass cleaner(with green scourer bit for the inside of the tank) but that didn't shift it, its on there solid.
Thanks
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You don't really want to be using one of them, all that does is scrapes it off and lets it float about in the tank where it can re-settle and grow again, I used to use one of the green scouring pads, put your hand in the tank to do it, try and do it in an upward motion and take the pad out after every stroke and wash it out. No-one can tell you how to get rid of it completely as there probably isn't a way, its one of the pitfalls of having a tank i'm afraid, it does look ok in moderation when its on rocks etc
 
K.S.H said:
I used to use one of the green scouring pads, put your hand in the tank to do it, try and do it in an upward motion and take the pad out after every stroke and wash it out.
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Thanks K.S.H. I will give that a try and see how things go :)
 
failin that

keep the lights off for a day or so

do u have any algae eaters in the tank?
 
AccyRed said:
Tank is about 10ft from the window. Its not directly in sunlight. We have no real plants in the tank either, I took them all out after they started dying...

How would you recommend cleaning it off, I have a magnetic glass cleaner(with green scourer bit for the inside of the tank) but that didn't shift it, its on there solid. All the fish seem really content though.

Any help would be appreciated, I dont want it to get out of hand

I have asked on a couple of fish forums but no one answered:(


Thanks
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I've been getting same thing on my cold water tank & mines not in direct sunlight either just a few spots of green mould looking on one end of the glass - the darkest area of the tank:confused: dont know if you can get algae eaters for cold water tank:confused: i clean it off do a 50% water change regular to no avail.
 
KIPAX said:
also thinking of changing to external filter... thoughts anyone?
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Definately better. They usual hold more filter medium and have several compartments so you can add various things like carbon, filter mat and ceramic bits.

KIPAX said:
also our pumps noisy.. we need a strong quiet pump...
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So was mine so I put it outside ;). The tank was in the back room so I drilled a hole through the wall and mounted the pump in a waterproof electrical type enclosure. Ran pipes and cable through hole in wall, added a couple of holes in the bottom of box to let air in and you have a totally silent pump inside ( except for the bubbles of course ). Its a shame I did not take a picture of it before I sold the tank.

I had dusk and dawn dimming lights as well, very cool when you have fish that hide during the day and come out when the light start to dim. ALthough catfish are not supposed to be able to see red lights so by adding a red light you can see them but they think its dark :)
 
Just back from the fishy shop... We now have three ikle algae eaters who will help control the problem...

Algae needs three things... water, some unpornouncable thing in tap water and light... he said leave lights off and it will go.. I said what even the green bits that are on glass and he said yes... algae is live plant..

Also if you have lots of live plants in the tank then the algae cant compete.. but he conceded a tank full of live plants is harder to keep than fish

So plan now is to keep lights off other than an hr or so at night and so algae dies and have the three algae eaters to keep on top of it..

oh yeagh.....and fins crossed..... :)
 
had my lights off for a few days to be honest and the algae is still there i think its cause its in the lounge which gets a lot of sun all day long. might get some algea eaters myself...which did u get kipax??
 
John_Timmins said:
had my lights off for a few days to be honest and the algae is still there i think its cause its in the lounge which gets a lot of sun all day long. might get some algea eaters myself...which did u get kipax??
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Just get one of those large magnet scrubby thingies. All you do is rub the outside the tank bit around the tank and the inside bit scrubs off the green stuff. Get a big one as the small ones are naff.
 
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