Squirrelbuddies
Fishaholic
I am so discouraged tonight. I try so hard to keep "perfect" tanks.... I do 15-20% water changes weekly, sometimes twice a week. I routinely test the water to make sure all is well. I check the temperature and count the fish every day before I leave for work. I really do try very hard to do the right thing.
But tonight...well, the filter on the 55 gallon needed to be cleaned (making noises - which means there is crap around the impeller). So, I took it apart but couldn't get it back together properly! Finally, after 20 minutes I got it working again. I was so stressed out and I am still wondering if my beneficial bacteria died off in that time. Plus I had to move one of the kribs into the 5 gallon because he's been acting weird (not sure if it's internal parasites or what...) And the %@#$ water is still cloudy! I've had this tank running for 3 months and the water will not clear.
All I wanted was my perfect little African biotope and it's been so difficult. It's been forever cloudy, had a case of velvet (caused by the USD cats, two of which died), suffering plants (from the CopperSafe), off the chart phospate and now a krib with internal parasites?
I think I will remove the last of the driftwood (which seems to add a lot of organic waste to the tank), add more plastic plants and have a tankful of congo tetras.
But tonight...well, the filter on the 55 gallon needed to be cleaned (making noises - which means there is crap around the impeller). So, I took it apart but couldn't get it back together properly! Finally, after 20 minutes I got it working again. I was so stressed out and I am still wondering if my beneficial bacteria died off in that time. Plus I had to move one of the kribs into the 5 gallon because he's been acting weird (not sure if it's internal parasites or what...) And the %@#$ water is still cloudy! I've had this tank running for 3 months and the water will not clear.
All I wanted was my perfect little African biotope and it's been so difficult. It's been forever cloudy, had a case of velvet (caused by the USD cats, two of which died), suffering plants (from the CopperSafe), off the chart phospate and now a krib with internal parasites?
I think I will remove the last of the driftwood (which seems to add a lot of organic waste to the tank), add more plastic plants and have a tankful of congo tetras.