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Low maintenance fish tank?

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FatJackSprat

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I have a unique tank, that is square and stands about 4 1/2 feet tall. It holds about 12 gallons.

The only problem with it was reaching inside once a week to catch the fish and scrape the glass. When I had fish in it, I was taking them all out, cleaning all of the rocks and scraping the glass every week.

What is the most maintanence free fresh water fish tank system that anyone has ever had? Is it possible to have tank where you just change some of the water every week?
 
Can't you get one of those magnet scrubbers so you can scrape the glass without needing to reach your hand in there?
 
Low maintenance AND fish tank do not go together in the same sentence.

The only low maintenance fish are plastic...and even they dirty the water to some extent. 😉

My ex-GF has one Plecostomus (sp?) in a 25 gallon tank and after only two weeks, the bottom is covered with tons of it's stringy poop. It's nasty as hell.
 
Why not get some fish that eat the algae off the sides? I leave my aquarium lights on 24/7 to attempt to give my fish enough algae to keep them happy.

(oh, and my glass is still spotless, thanks to the plecos)
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Why not get some fish that eat the algae off the sides? I leave my aquarium lights on 24/7 to attempt to give my fish enough algae to keep them happy.
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The pleco eats algae. The tank is crystal clear...except for the TONS of fish shiit on the bottom of the tank. 😛
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Why not get some fish that eat the algae off the sides? I leave my aquarium lights on 24/7 to attempt to give my fish enough algae to keep them happy.
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The pleco eats algae. The tank is crystal clear...except for the TONS of fish shiit on the bottom of the tank. 😛
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You have to get rid of it manually, unless you have a filtration system that catches the stuff at the bottom.
 
Originally posted by: FatJackSprat
Is it possible to have tank where you just change some of the water every week?
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You shouldn't be changing all of the water every week.
 
I always wondered...You guys use distilled water in filling these tanks? Tap water has bleach and may? kill fish? However they may need the minerals in tap water for survial...Hmmm...interesting hobby esspecially the salt water aquariums.


<<<Never had fish but on the hook.
 
Originally posted by: Zebo
I always wondered...You guys use distilled water in filling these tanks? Tap water has bleach and may? kill fish? However they may need the minerals in tap water for survial...Hmmm...interesting hobby esspecially the salt water aquariums.


<<<Never had fish but on the hook.
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Unless it's for treatment or necessary pH changes, distilled water should not be used. To easy to mess up the pH levels if you only distilled water
 
Originally posted by: Blain
Distilled water doesn't have any minerals. Let tap water sit or use a solution to remove the clorine
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exactly. letting tap water sit for a day or so let's the chlorine evaporate.
 
Goldfish bowl. Every 2 weeks just dump what's inside down the toilet, blast the bowl out with the hose on the front lawn, refill.

😀
 
Originally posted by: MillionaireNextDoor
try using a filter and a reverse underwater gravel filter
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the under-gravel filters are usually a bad thing, have you ever removed one after a year or so?

emperor 400
bio wheel 330
fluval 304

Those are all usually regarded as the best filters around, or atleast the best brand names of filters. I had a 125g freshwater tank with 8 spilo. piranha in it, I had a combination of emperor 400's and fluval 404's and a pair of bio wheel filters running in my feeder fish tank.

Depending on the type of fish you have, if they put out of a lot of waste you are usually going to want to have a filter that mounts on the top edge of the tank, makes it easier to change the filters 😛, they also usually tend to be cheaper.

Canister filters, like the fluval, are usually used to buffer the water, say if you have a slight tint to it, many people that have large tanks with put extra carbon in the a canister filter so that it will brighten the water.
 
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