HI! ^_^ this is the seconde filter I have bought for my 10 gallon fishtank. I have the same brand for my indoor 300 gallon (wall plat) but this one just wont seem to work. I whent in again and baught a whisper, but now the filter is being filled with dabris and all that gunk. I have a sucker fish, but he doesnt have any affect on the algi? any reason do you think? any help would be wonderful, thanks guys! ^_^
2006-10-26 16:14:04 · 4 answers · asked by Myu 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Your filter is working properly. A pleco is a very lazy fish believe it or not. As for your alegea you should buy a chemical alegea destroyer that you can buy at any local pet store or wal-mart. Your drinking water supply has a microscopic alegea bloom in it and usually when it hits the light from your tank it blossom's. Use the alegea destroyer as recommended and it will keep your tank from turning green. And make sure you do a partial water change on your tank using a syphon also bought from your local pet store or wal-mart. Make sure when you syphon you syphon from the gravel not the top of the water you want to suck out as much of the debris as possible but only change 25 to 30 % of the water at one time. Or you could opt to buy a water python syphon system which drains and fills your tank for you with ease.
2006-10-26 23:15:56 · answer #1 · answered by xxmack675hpxx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the filter is working if it is being filled up with waste from the tank. If there is that much gunk, you may need to do a partial water change siphoning from the bottom of the tank and clean the filter including the impeller out.
2006-10-26 16:34:10 · answer #2 · answered by kwest 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it does sound like it is working fine you may have to chnage the filter pad sooner and do more water changes with a gravel vac to help your pleco and filter out
2006-10-27 03:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it back!
2006-10-26 18:03:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋