Need some good ideas

Trickster · Member Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 309 Location: My Chair

ok, well like most people know, i got cloudy water, everytime i get it clear, in 2 days it clouds up. (grey water) I tried daily water changes, 80% water changes, Full cleaning of decorations and very detailed gravel vacuming, but nothing works.

My last idea is to do a full tank tear down. Rinse every bit of gravel, scrub every inch of the aquarium and decorations. Buy new filter media and all. To do that i gotta remove all the fish. and keep em out for at least 3 days, 1 to clean the tank, 2 days to cycle the tank.

Then since most of the benifical bacteria will be removed, i need somewhere to keep the fish (while i cycle). the 10 gallon wouldnt work cuz of my aggressive territorial fish plus would way overstock it cuz it already has sword tails and danios.

Buckets wont work cuz i need to have a lid. I have cats so there has to a lid of some sort.

I need any suggestions.

Fish Addict · Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:02 pm Post subject:

large tuperware

amynewport · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:00 pm Post subject:

What about goin to the pet store and getting a couple of those 'critter keepers'? they are plastic with a perforated lid - has a little door in the top for feeding too. Another suggestion is to get a tank divider for your other tank - these can be found in the larger or better-stocked pet stores - you just slide it down into your tank and WA LA! Good Luck!

grnlemonade · Super Senior Member Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 1027

you could probably get one of the giant styrofoam boxes LFS get their fished shipped in. i have done it before, just go there and ask to have one b/c of what your doing, they will prob. give it for free. if not, they might charge you a few cents.

sakura.seppun · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:58 am Post subject:

They sell large stryofoam coolers at walmart, and probably any gas station for that matter, for around 2 dollars. I believe that they are 5 or 10 gallons.