Green fish tank...

Jay-Jay_4

Dalkirst wrote:

I'm afraid i'm one of them people that have and still do change all the water in one go but mainly because we have white gravel which gets very messy and dirty looking.They don't seem to suffer from having all their water changed though but i will have to see about changing the gravel to a darker colour as it does look horrible when dirty and it gets dirty very quickly which is why we change the water and take the gravel out to clean it.If we change just a small percentage of the water then all the filth that's dragged up from plunging the gravel just goes straight back to sit down there again:rolleyes:

You could syphon your water out and then clean your gravel but put the old water back in. That would give your fish the best chance while keeping your gravel looking clean.

Sarah1971

I've just changed about a quarter of the tank, it is just the water thats discoloured not the glass. Hopefully that might help clear it up a little?!

Thanks everyone for your help, I'll keep you posted on how they're doing...

Sarah
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Bossyboots

Dalkirst wrote:

I'm afraid i'm one of them people that have and still do change all the water in one go but mainly because we have white gravel which gets very messy and dirty looking.They don't seem to suffer from having all their water changed though but i will have to see about changing the gravel to a darker colour as it does look horrible when dirty and it gets dirty very quickly which is why we change the water and take the gravel out to clean it.If we change just a small percentage of the water then all the filth that's dragged up from plunging the gravel just goes straight back to sit down there again:rolleyes:

We bought a nifty little cleaner at the weekend. It is a standard type gravel sucker, but the bits are filtered into a little bag on the side so you don't have to change the water to clean the gravel and you don't get it all falling back in.

Dalkirst

Jay-Jay wrote:

You could syphon your water out and then clean your gravel but put the old water back in. That would give your fish the best chance while keeping your gravel looking clean.

Yeah haven't thought of that good idea,thanks:beer:

Bossyboots wrote:

We bought a nifty little cleaner at the weekend. It is a standard type gravel sucker, but the bits are filtered into a little bag on the side so you don't have to change the water to clean the gravel and you don't get it all falling back in.

Where could i get one of those or was it just in your LFS?

Bossyboots

Dalkirst wrote:

Yeah haven't thought of that good idea,thanks:beer:



Where could i get one of those or was it just in your LFS?

I would expect you could get them anywhere. I think we still have the packing so I will have a look and tell you what the make is and what it is called. Probably won't be until tomorrow now as I just popped in before shower and bedtime.

Dalkirst

Cheers no problems got no plans to clean it out at the moment;)