On Aug 24, 10:45 pm, Tynk wrote:
On Aug 24, 5:08?pm, wrote:





biowheel are less than optimal for GF, IMHO.

what do you change regularily? if you mean the filter, then you might
be tossing the biobug colonies out. I clean in treated water and put
them back in.

many people vacuum the gravel every time and are shocked to find, when
they drain the tank and start stirring up the gravel that the water
goes nasty and smells like a sewer. I know I did, which is when I got
rid of the gravel.

I do hope you mean a 0.1% salt solution.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:54:59 -0400, wrote:
Thanks for the info. I've had a Penguin 200 Biowheel filter
installed since I got the fish back in March, and also a medium-sized
Tetra filter. I've always changed them regularly, since I was
concerned about ammonia and nitrites. I've never had a problem with
ammonia or nitrites.
I always vacuum the gravel when I do a water change.
I never thought nitrates could be a serious problem, until now.
I'm going to start removing the gravel (about 1 inch layer at the
bottom)
I've always kept a 1% salt solution, since I had to deal with anich problem back in April.

I hope I've got good news this morning. The male appears to be
back to normal, and is eating well. I put a barrier between the two
last night, splitting the tank in half, to give the female a better
chance to get food before the male chases her away.
I gave her some strained peas an hour ago, and now they are gone.
She must have eaten them.

Thanks again for your help, and for the web links.

I'm still learning.

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Don't forget that nitrifying bacteria are sticky and adhere to every
surface inside the tank.
These bacteria are not just in the filter media.
However, simply rinsing the media in old tank water is the best thing
to do. The only time you'd want to toss it out is when it's worn, has
holes, etc.
As far as the gravel goes, as long as you aren't over feeding, and
vacuum during water changes there shouldn't be too much gunk in it in
the first place, therefore it's not a problem.
When over feeding occurs, a tank is over stocked and water changes get
forgotten or the vacuuming gets skipped...then you're going to have a
problem.
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Fish and anayone else is gonna get white cloudy eyes as long as TYNK
keeps giving out free facials. She just aquired her dick and she is
not good at making it shoot where she wants it to go yet! TYNK should
have stayed at sucking dick instead of possessing a dick! And Dr. Solo
has not helped her much either since all Dr. Solo knows anything about
is licking and munching of carpets.