Recent content by matt123

I have put in two plants since last time i posted. I have not done any type of water changes since the day after the 3 died. That was about a week and a half ago. Water is still a little cloudy. When should i do another water change? I will use the tap water conditioner next time though...

I just used the tap water, and tried to get it to the same temp. Should I just go back to bottled? What were you guys talking about doing with the tap water? Someting I need to buy? Thanks in advance for your help. Matt

ok, im really stumped. In the past couple weeks I have cleaned the algae off the glass, done water changes with my tap water (because pet store guy said it's better than the bottled water I ALWAYS use) took out the carbon and biomax, and only wrinsed the sponge in tank water. Yesterday did a...

I cleaned out the inside of the tank to clear it of the algae on the glass. How do I know if there is algae on the rocks? Do you change them or does the gravel vaccuum take car of that?

getting plants and a diatomic filter tonight. Does the other filter also stay on with that one?

I have a shark, 2 pleko's, gourami, snake looking guy (long orange and striped) not sure what he's called. and about 5 neon's. Which kind of plants would you reccomend? Matt

Thanks a lot, everyone seems to really know their stuff. I only have one fake plant in the tank now. So I will get some real plants to help out. Also every time i do a water change it's always bottled water, not tap. I do have 2 algae eating fish but they don't seem to eat it. Should I...

I do have a heater but it seems to not keep a steady temp. I have tropical fish in the tank. I do see some algae on the glass should I scape it off? what would you wrap the tank with to keep light out? Should I do a water change or no? The B clear said if it continues to get cloudy use it...

Okay, first off thanks for the responses. The tank is only about 6 months old, been running since then, and has had the filters changed about 3 times. Changes include the sponge, carbon, and biochem. It is an aquaclear (i think) 30 gal. filter, the temp of the water is usually 72 but it does...

Hi, I am looking for any info on why this may be happening. My tank was clear as day a couple months ago. Then when I changed the filters in the back it turned green. I brought samples to the store and ph was fine. He could not figure out what the problem was. He then tested the phosphate...