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« on: February 07, 2010, 02:43:53 PM » |
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Do u suck up ''fish poos ''  from ur tank? when having fine sand it piles up quite quickly... but i dont wanna stress my fish too often :/ what do u recommend pls?  |
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2010, 05:14:43 PM » |
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hmm iv actually never had that problem (as lucky as i am)  i let my placostamous deal with it. |
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2010, 05:45:00 PM » |
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hmm iv actually never had that problem (as lucky as i am) i let my placostamous deal with it. ''placostamous'' ..whom? i laso got one l-catfish there....but he cant get rid of those poos laying on the surface :O |
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2010, 06:04:18 PM » |
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Common plecostomus  as iv said iv never really had a problem with fish poop lol, maybe its because im using 2 externals.. 1 eheim and another strong 1.. |
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2010, 06:13:51 PM » |
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Plecos poo alot actually. They poo much much more then your average shellie.
i do mine every week or 2. about 30-40%.
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 06:15:58 PM » |
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Common plecostomus as iv said iv never really had a problem with fish poop lol, maybe its because im using 2 externals.. 1 eheim and another strong 1.. dont those little piranhas like occies attack ur nice pleco ? thats great than...and u use fine sand surface too? maybe pleco make the poo float when passing by it and ur filter sucks it up...but if it just lies in the middle of tank? humm dunno.. |
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 06:23:50 PM » |
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that may be the case, but then again my filters move some of the sand/gravel so im guessing that helps aswell..
maybe get a stronger filter?
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 06:35:38 PM » |
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that may be the case, but then again my filters move some of the sand/gravel so im guessing that helps aswell..
maybe get a stronger filter?
how can they move sand? :O dont they just suck up waaaater..that goes thru the sponge(and other..coal,ceramic..) and than straight back to the tank ? :O |
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 07:12:45 PM » |
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well iv got 2 spraybars but only one of them moves the sand as its that strong |
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 08:41:37 PM » |
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I have been cleaning like Multies, during my weekly water change. And then use that water on plants.
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2010, 08:44:45 PM » |
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When Im not being lazy I vaccum the sand every week when I do my water change. It usually only needs a light going over.
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2010, 02:12:41 AM » |
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When Im not being lazy I vaccum the sand every week when I do my water change. It usually only needs a light going over.
isnt it too much stress for ur shellies? every week attacking them with giant hose?  |
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2010, 08:17:23 AM » |
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I dont ever vaccum close to their shells for that reason and because Of the risk of sucking up fry.
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2010, 10:19:34 AM » |
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I'm pretty sure my MTSnails do most of the clean up. They live in the sand and are waiting for something to sneak up to the surface to eat.
When I do partial water changes, I do a hand sweep to stir things up.
I use black or dark gray sand in most of my tanks....to me it doesn't look as "dirty" as lighter sand.
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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2010, 02:03:25 PM » |
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I'm pretty sure my MTSnails do most of the clean up. They live in the sand and are waiting for something to sneak up to the surface to eat.
When I do partial water changes, I do a hand sweep to stir things up.
I use black or dark gray sand in most of my tanks....to me it doesn't look as "dirty" as lighter sand.
what are MT snails ?  what kind of snail it is? im always worried that my occies will die of stress when im bagre-ing the gravel/sand:( |
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