I’ve never had that brand of canister but everything sounds like it is as it should be.
What's going on in my tank? Dead angel? Krib with cloudy eye?
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Wait, I guess I should’ve asked, does the water flow from top to bottom or bottom to top? My point is IMO the course sponge should be first followed by the black sponge followed by the floss then all the bio media, this keeps detritus from accumulating in the bio media and makes cleaning the filter easier
This question is essential to detect the problem of water quality, and the correct way in which everything should be arranged. In any case, it would be good if Azaah puts a photo of the mechanical filter media separately, to see if it needs to be replaced or simply rinsed.
Looks good then, the only thing I change on mine is I have my sponges go from course to fine so they get progressively finer. But that’s just my preference
Doing a quick search for the filter medium with the name "wool" I see that it is quite familiar, I use it in my filters but I replace it every time I change the water, I use HOB filters so I don't use that much, but I replace it without fail. The sponges only rinse with the water in your tank and you shouldn't have a problem. I stand by my opinion of doing a 40% water change, siphon the bottom and maintain your filter every 3-4 weeks to avoid accumulation of detritus, I'm sure your fish will be better.
Thanks a lot, I've done the water change and gravel vac. I will try to do smaller water changes more often as I do wonder if that's causing some of the problem - the water changes are too big which would de-stabilise the the bacteria and nutrients levels I guess. I haven't replaced the filter wool yet, but I clean it back to white each time I clean out the cannister (it rinses out really well), but I have bought more wool today to replace it.
The 'spot' on the big angel's tail has gone. The smaller angel appears no worse. The krib appears to have 2 or 3 more spots but they're really not doing anything and I'm hesitant to treat the whole tank just for that, so still watching it atm. It's been about a week and nothing is changing rapidly so...
Everyone seems happy and is eating well etc it's just these few oddities that I'm watching. I showed someone else the pictures today and they suggested heater burn is a possibility as well. They're cichlids so no doubt a little bit of aggression going on!
The 'spot' on the big angel's tail has gone. The smaller angel appears no worse. The krib appears to have 2 or 3 more spots but they're really not doing anything and I'm hesitant to treat the whole tank just for that, so still watching it atm. It's been about a week and nothing is changing rapidly so...
Everyone seems happy and is eating well etc it's just these few oddities that I'm watching. I showed someone else the pictures today and they suggested heater burn is a possibility as well. They're cichlids so no doubt a little bit of aggression going on!
Bacteria are stored in biological filter media, not your water, so doing large water changes would not pose much risk if done correctly. In any case, if you want to do frequent but smaller water changes is a good idea, maybe 20% weekly would be ideal. You will probably want to treat your Kribensi in a hospital tank.
It's possible, but Ich and cloudy eyes are successfully treated with Paraguard in a hospital tank, if you decide to send it be sure to put 60% of your water in the tank and 40% of new water, and some of your biological filtration material in the tank. filter to avoid dealing with ammonia.
