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Old 04-08-2007, 04:00 PM
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Cleaned tank....

Just cleaned this 55 gallon yesterday and it was sparkling clean don’t know why its so cloudy again, the food maybe? Anyway some fish didn’t make it, a large pacu, a guppy, but the rest are all good and its’ time for more I think.

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Old 04-08-2007, 04:19 PM
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Re: Cleaned tank....

I would say when you cleaned you tank, you did you filter to? only clean the filter media with tank water because chlorine kills the bacteria that turns the ammonia into a safer substance niterates. so you are going through a mini cycle, it should be done and nice and clear in 10days or so...

as for the large pacu, it is kinda mean but it is a good thing it died because they are not a fish for the home aquarium, they are cute when small but they can grow to over 3 feet...
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Re: Cleaned tank....

red bellied pacus can be kept in an aquarium. they arent going to grow to 3ft unless u give them a lot of space. i wanted one before i knew they needed at least a 75 gal tank. so i did my research on them
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Re: Cleaned tank....

ok buddy since you think you know sooo much about fish go to oscarfish.com and see what some real fish experts have to say that site is as active if not more then this one so you will get a response fast...

THE SIZE OF THE TANK DOES NOT IMPED THE SIZE OF THE FISH UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WATER QUALITY... as in you have a reading for Ammonia (should be 0), Niterite (Should be 0) or your Niterates are above 40ppm....

I am not going to go and spend thousands of dollars on fish if I don't know what I am doing...

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Re: Cleaned tank....

Actually with fish i de beleive it does play in a roll here's my reasoning from "experience". I fish for bass in the summer. About 4 yrs ago i started fishing the small resevoirs used for bogs (which they drain and fill to drain and fill the cranberry bogs). There are many bass in these resevoirs. The constantly get different water levels. This screws them up and causes them to constatnly eat everyhting in sight b.c of the water level going up and down every week or two. A normal pond about 10 mintues away has a record sized bass of 8lbs. This bog i fish i have never caught a bass under 5lbs and have caught bass well over 8lbs on a regular basis! They eat almost all their offspring too! So i do beleive that having the different water level constant change you can grow a fish larger or smaller. So basically the fish senses how much water it has to move around and will eat less or more. Just my thoughts i know nothing on fish tanks.
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Re: Cleaned tank....

If you cleaned out the fish tank entirely, it's clouded up because it's trying to go through a bacteria cycle so it can stabilize itself, but in the meantime the nitrites, ammonia, etc spike so that is what has killed some of your fish. The tank should cycle for 2 weeks or more before adding the fish, but unforunately it's too late now.
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If you cleaned out the fish tank entirely, it's clouded up because it's trying to go through a bacteria cycle so it can stabilize itself, but in the meantime the nitrites, ammonia, etc spike so that is what has killed some of your fish. The tank should cycle for 2 weeks or more before adding the fish, but unforunately it's too late now.

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Re: Cleaned tank....

ive had my tank for years now. i placed the fish in the bathtub whiole i calened this, i feed dried brine shrimp flakes and think that is what does it, the fish dies due to stress and the pacu was big and now the biggest is the angle. so there is no way i could of cleaned and left the fish in the tub for 2 weeks, done this before, ill survive. At least i got rid of the snails.
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