What To Do With My Fish's Poo!

[Edward66]

Dear all,

I have 2 golden wag tail platy's in a Fluval edge aquarium and they are starting to poo now. Dont know how to get the poo out and dont know when to do a water change again.

 

[Twinklecaz]

You need to get a syphon/vac and clean your gravel with that. At the same time it'll syphone out a percentage of the water. If you're cyclced then you need to do this about once a week (assuming all your water stats are fine) and you should probably change about 20-25% of the water at a time.

 

[Edward66]

You need to get a syphon/vac and clean your gravel with that. At the same time it'll syphone out a percentage of the water. If you're cyclced then you need to do this about once a week (assuming all your water stats are fine) and you should probably change about 20-25% of the water at a time.

i haven't gott gravel i have sand!!

 

[nurglespuss]

You have the filter running?

Surely so

A turkey baster will do the job of removing individual long strands of poop. I reccomend you pick up some malasian trumpet snails (very cheap - check this forum) they will keep the sand moving without damagin plants, and will break up/consume poop too

 

[SimoUK]

You need to get a syphon/vac and clean your gravel with that. At the same time it'll syphone out a percentage of the water. If you're cyclced then you need to do this about once a week (assuming all your water stats are fine) and you should probably change about 20-25% of the water at a time.

i haven't gott gravel i have sand!!

Alright! Calm Down How Was Tinkle Supposed To Know That!

 

[Jonty]

You need to get a syphon/vac and clean your gravel with that. At the same time it'll syphone out a percentage of the water. If you're cyclced then you need to do this about once a week (assuming all your water stats are fine) and you should probably change about 20-25% of the water at a time.

i haven't gott gravel i have sand!!

You can still vacuum up the 'detritus' from sand with a gravel vac - hold it about 1-2cm above the sand and move it about slightly - the waste gets sucked up while the sand stays put. As suggested above, Malaysian Trumpet Snails are useful - check the classifieds section.

 

[meguro]

i haven't gott gravel i have sand!!

u can still use a gravel vac on sand substrate. just be careful with it and dont stab it into the sand or ull suck a lot of it out. also be cautious of fish swimming near the suction end of the vac, avoid them as best u can

 

[Twinklecaz]

It's irrelevant whether you have sand of gravel. The fact of the matter is it needs basic cleaning. You asked for advice and you got it!

 

[Edward66]

so what type of vac do you recommend and how much are they? And like in my question: when shall i do my next water change?

 

[nurglespuss]

just a simple manual vaccuum, they're pretty cheap (£5-10), but try and find one with a 'small' head, to minimise sand uptake.

http/www.strictlypetsupplies.com/_010838115500-Lees-Aquarium-Pet-Products-Stretch-Gravel

 

[Twinklecaz]

If you haven't done one recently then do it today. Do you have a test kit? Your Nitrate reading will be a good indicator of how often you need to do it but once a week seems to be about the recommended average.

Unless you didn't cycle in which case it's a while different ball game.