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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Goldfish / December 2004Clear water
Can anyone out there can give me some tips on , how to keep goldfish tank water clear and clean? I'm using a bio canister filter. Thxs Check water parameters including ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH and temperature. once the tank is cycled the nitrates are the most important indicator of water quality. if nitrates are over 20 ppm it will encourage fast growth of algae and biobugs in the water. too many fish for the size of tank and filter = poor water. 10 gallons water per fish cheap food which is mostly waste products = clogged filter, poor water too much food, even good food = high nitrates, poor water filters must be gently rinsed gravel in a tank set up for more than a month or two could be clogged with debris = high nitrates. got gravel? so tell us more about your tank and fish. Ingrid >Can anyone out there can give me some tips on , >how to keep goldfish tank water clear and clean? >I'm using a bio canister filter. >Thxs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > if nitrates are over 20 ppm it will encourage fast growth of algae and > biobugs in the water. You can have zero nitrate reading and still have fast algea growth. Just ask anyone who has a SW reef. jc but in freshwater the algae is mostly on the side of the tank. Ingrid >> if nitrates are over 20 ppm it will encourage fast growth of algae and >> biobugs in the water. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >jc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > but in freshwater the algae is mostly on the side of the tank. Ingrid The spores will go water born, where they grow do will not prvent that. jc algae dont have spores. there are single celled kinds and the kind grows on the sides of tanks (ponders call it sweater algae). there is no reason with balanced tank that there should be cloudy white or cloudy green water. Ingrid >The spores will go water born, where they grow do will not prvent that. > >jc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > algae dont have spores. there are single celled kinds and the kind grows on the > sides of tanks Not all algae are single cell and even single cell go water born, or we wont have conditions such as "green water". jc right, the single celled kind are water born, the mutli celled kinds adhere to objects and grow out from there. Ingrid >> algae dont have spores. there are single celled kinds and the kind grows >on the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >jc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > but in freshwater the algae is mostly on the side of the tank. Ingrid What does that have to do with anything? There are tons of alge on the side of the tank in saltwater too. Do you have a reef tank? > Check water parameters including ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH and temperature. If you try to mess around with pH, most likely you will hurt your fish. > gravel in a tank set up for more than a month or two could be clogged with debris =high nitrates. got gravel? That is why you should use calcium carbonate based sand such as marine substrate. 1. It has more rounded edge than silica based sand. 2. Buffer and keep pH high. pH needs to be checked mostly to make sure it hasnt dropped due to nitrites or spiked due to ammonia. marine sand may be good for SW tanks, but for FW dolomitic limestone is used instead. Because GF are so messy many of us have found a bare bottom tank is easiest to keep clean and keep water quality stable. Ingrid >> Check water parameters including ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH and >temperature. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >1. It has more rounded edge than silica based sand. >2. Buffer and keep pH high. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. > due to ammonia. marine sand may be good for SW tanks, but for FW dolomitic limestone > is used instead. FYI: Marine sand is Calcium carbonate based. Dolomite is Calcium Mageisium carbonate. Dolomite also used in SW tanks. >>Check water parameters including ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, pH and > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > 1. It has more rounded edge than silica based sand. > 2. Buffer and keep pH high. I agree. Not everyone has a bare bottomed tank. I use marine sand with excellent results. Kay > Can anyone out there can give me some tips on , > how to keep goldfish tank water clear and clean? Get yourself a small UV and it go a long way on the green water issues. However, this still do not take care of any excessive bioload problems if they exist in your tank. Frequent water changes is a true and tried method that works well for many conditions. jc As a very new comer at keep Goldfish ( Thai ranchu ) i place 5 ranchu in 2 1/2 ft tank c/w a biofilter with no gravel. I always find the water chalky,however the fish in them since to be active and eating well. In the biofilter (from top to bottom buckets) are filter on top of sponge filter , corel chips and lava stones. Each time only 20% of water are change and 3 teaspood of salt are added. Food are of good grade............Hikari . > Can anyone out there can give me some tips on , > how to keep goldfish tank water clear and clean? > I'm using a bio canister filter. > Thxs > In the biofilter (from top to bottom buckets) are filter on top of sponge > filter , corel chips and lava stones. Corel or coral chips? Why are you using coral chips in a FW tank? The low FW pH will dissolve the calcium carbonate from the chips and cloud up your water, not to mention leading to a undesireable higher pH levels. If your intention is to raise the pH, use very little and make sure you have the proper test kit to measure your water dkh. If your intention is to have a biological filter media, try using a more suitable media such as Seachem Matrix. jc I agree about not using coral in FW tanks. Ingrid >> In the biofilter (from top to bottom buckets) are filter on top of sponge >> filter , corel chips and lava stones. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >jc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. I use coral sand and it keep the pH up and stable. Nothing beats a 40% water change per week. Throw out your high tech filter and start changing water more often. All you need is a sponge. > I agree about not using coral in FW tanks. Ingrid > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the > endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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