if i clean me mams plus 3 filter out and soak my filter padds in the dirty water will that help or not
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- Thread starter Craig09
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What filter is yours? just squeeze your mums filter pads into a bag with a little tank water and then pour that straight into your filter.
I could not understand that but if u can get use of a used filter and aged water with low readings I would
do a phtest on both tanks to get the new water close to mine for a 40 - 50 % water change I would then add media or sponge from used filter to my own filter and run both filters for a week and ilbe doing 10% water change on both the tanks every day
problem fixed
Something else when u add water is it hitting thesubstrate throwing it around ? Ifso and substrate is full ofpoo that is braking down extra slow this tossing around of the substrate is all a cause of deaths
do a phtest on both tanks to get the new water close to mine for a 40 - 50 % water change I would then add media or sponge from used filter to my own filter and run both filters for a week and ilbe doing 10% water change on both the tanks every day
problem fixed
Something else when u add water is it hitting thesubstrate throwing it around ? Ifso and substrate is full ofpoo that is braking down extra slow this tossing around of the substrate is all a cause of deaths
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i carnt get a used filter the only spare 1 hasnt been used for 3 weeks so thats no good, im going to get some media from me mams tank 2nite and add it to my filters hopefully this will work
That should help Craig:clap: If you mum is only keeping community namby pamby fish then bag the lot and dont tell her
Cheers
thegeeman
gee its actually my tank there was no room in my new house 4 it so me mam baby sitting it she doin alrite lol
right ive tipped the media into my filters from me mams tank i did actually spill a bit of it into the tank that should be ok shouldnt it, and do i go to just doing 10% daily water changes
So did you take all the media from your mams tank?
Is there more than one filter running on your mams tank?
If there is only one filter & you took all the media then you can expect a similar condition to occur now on your mams tank.
wot i did was just actually clean her filter pads in a little bit of water out her tank, like you would when they need cleaning and a water change. i kept the dirty water and and tipped it through my filters a few times giving it a good soak
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Plenty of lumps in what? In the filter of in the stuff you poured into the filter?
Filter media is the sponges, floss, cartridges, anything that is designed to go into the filter through what the water flows. The stuff you poured into your filter is simply "gunk" it does contain some bacteria but it isn't media.
yes plenty of gunk lumps this is the best i could get i couldnt of taken my mams filter because she wouldnt have 1 so im afraid this is all i could get
Water from another tank wont help as it doesn't contain any bacteria, bacteria grows on solid surfaces. Can you move some gravel from your moms tank to yours? rocks, wood etc, just keep it wet while you're moving it. Go and see your lfs and see if they will let you have some nature sponge or floss. Also, get some seachem prime as your water conditioner, it detoxifies the ammonia so the fish can cope with it better. You have ammonia now but you'll get nitrite later, you'll need to keep up the daily water changes for a few weeks.
while your at the local fish shop see if they have some zeolite? think its sold most places that sell koi products. it can be used to trap ammonia.
thanks for all the advice guys i did a water test this morning my ph seems to have settled down my nitrate was just a little high but my ammonia stil quite high im doing daily water changes with prime and ive also got some zeolite coming so hopefully im getting there ive had no more die but you can see me plecs breathing quite fast due to the ammonia level and also my ph and nitrate was al over the place last wk so surely thats a good sign its starting to calm down
I hate to say this but you are far from being out of the woods. Your tank is cycling and it can take a month or 6 weeks to completely cycle, longer if the bioload is high. Unless you can get some mature media your tank is going to be unstable for quite a while yet.