This could be the problem. When I try to siphon the bottom, with the water siphon kit, the amount of gunk stirred

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Jan 8, 2018
2:55:21pm

Bob Vance All-American

This could be the problem. When I try to siphon the bottom, with the water siphon kit, the amount of gunk stirred

up into the water is its own cloud, and it looks primarily like uneaten food particles.

Is there a fish that specializes in eating bottom particles? The sucker fish seems useless in that regard, besides being super ugly and really hard to catch (it's the fastest and squirmiest of the fishes we have) when moving things around.

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Any of you fish tank experts

Bob Vance All-American

1/8/18 2:34pm

The fish may just be being overfed - too much food leaves leftovers and creates

cougarsnooty

1/8/18 2:36pm

This could be the problem. When I try to siphon the bottom, with the water siphon kit, the amount of gunk stirred

Bob Vance

1/8/18 2:55pm

You are limited in the kind of fish that you can keep because you only have a 5

Submariner

1/8/18 3:37pm

Definitely try feeding less. I'd go with a few flakes a day for a week and see

cracka

1/8/18 3:52pm

I’m not an expert but when we did that when my kids were younger

mosterlow

1/8/18 2:37pm

I thought you were hardly ever supposed to change the filter

buffgato

1/8/18 2:41pm

it's the sucker fish. a girl at petco said they do more clouding than cleaning

BlueFrog

1/8/18 2:46pm

And if it is the cute little Chinese Algae Eater they sell at Petsmart, in a

Submariner

1/8/18 3:09pm

They shouldn't even be bought for cleaning...

Tokolosh

1/8/18 3:18pm

RE: They shouldn't even be bought for cleaning...

BlueFrog

1/8/18 3:46pm

When you say change the tank, what do you mean exactly? You shouldn't be

cracka

1/8/18 2:49pm

Yep, I think my old schedule was something like a 40% water change every 2 weeks

buffgato

1/8/18 2:51pm

I mean I straight up pour the entire tank into a colander and when the fish are done flopping around, I pick them

Bob Vance

1/8/18 2:59pm

I wouldn't disturb the rocks either. You kill the important bacteria when

bluebooks

1/8/18 3:24pm

That's why you are really supposed to cycle the tank before you get fish but

cracka

1/8/18 3:50pm

You kill good bacteria when you rinse filters and rock in tap water.

SportsRoad

1/8/18 3:59pm

40% weekly is the norm. It is very hard to keep a 5 gallon tank nice. Just not

Nat Gas Man

1/8/18 3:32pm

Do you still have your 135? What kind of fish did you have?

Submariner

1/8/18 3:39pm

I still have the tank, but don't have it set up. I managed a fish store while in

Nat Gas Man

1/8/18 3:47pm

My son raised his turtles for a year and a half in a cichlid tank. It was

Submariner

1/8/18 3:53pm

I have always over filtered my larger tanks too...

Tokolosh

1/8/18 3:40pm

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1/8/18 3:45pm

I change about 50% of the water in my 120 gallon tank once a month

1/8/18 3:46pm

Larger aquariums are easier to maintain

SportsRoad

1/8/18 4:00pm

Do you have a good bottom feeder?

Stringer Bell

1/8/18 4:54pm

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