My goldfishes are pooping too much. Suggestions?

[sandmanwake]

So I got the bright idea that I could grow some watercress indoors so I could have some fresh veggies each week without going to the store. I read about this one aquaponics set up where there's two tanks, one with plants and the other with three goldfish to supply the plants with nutrients. Well the only other fish tank I have currently has my betta in it, so I decided to try to grow the watercress and goldfish in the same tank. Unfortunately, the goldfish seems to be eating all my watercress and they're pooping at an insane rate. I've got nearly 25 pounds of gravel for the plants to take root in and I swear the poop from the goldfish are starting to cover up all the gravel and it's only been two days since I've placed the three goldfishes in. Until I can get another tank, how exactly does one go about cleaning out that much goldfish poop from an aquarium without losing the gravel?

 

[FoBoT]

*edit* to feed them less you would have to seperate the fish/plants

so anyway, you clean fish p00p with a vacuum/suction tube

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_maintenance_gravel_cleaner.asp?ast=&key=

http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=219

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
feed them less
it is almost impossible to starve fish

dang...beat me to it.

 

[Kalbi]

flush it down the toilet. problem solved.

 

[Mrvile]

Cat.

 

[sandmanwake]

I'm not feeding them any more, they're stealing the watercress I'm growing for myself and eating them. I guess I'll have to pull all the plants out and put them in a separate bowl temporarily.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
*edit* to feed them less you would have to seperate the fish/plants

so anyway, you clean fish p00p with a vacuum/suction tube

http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_maintenance_gravel_cleaner.asp?ast=&key=

http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=219

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: sandmanwake
I'm not feeding them any more, they're stealing the watercress I'm growing for myself and eating them. I guess I'll have to pull all the plants out and put them in a separate bowl temporarily.

i edited my post

yes, you have to seperate them, but you can clean the p00p with the gravel vacuum like what i linked to

 

[gsellis]

GIGO

What fobot says, unless he tells you to have the guy vacuuming tile to do it 😉 (a thread fobot started in ATOT)

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: gsellis
GIGO

What fobot says, unless he tells you to have the guy vacuuming tile to do it 😉 (a thread fobot started in ATOT)

<moons gsellis>wrong kind of vacuum!!

 

[Rastus]

Are they drinking beer and reading Harry Potter?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Rastus
Are they drinking beer and reading Harry Potter?

lol