melynda

my boyfriend has a 55 gallon seaclear tank with all the biofilter everything!!. recently i did a normal water change like he does and now the water looks worse. he thinks it might be the pump or some crap like that. who should we get ahold of for repairs if thats the case he bought it from dr fosters and smiths 5 years ago? thanx melynda

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

Judge

Hi Melynda sorry to hear about your water problems. We don't have much info to go on here other than it's a 55 gallon. What's the water like, what kinds of livestock? Feeding schedule...I know Drs.Foster and Smith are good but I am not sure that there would be some kind of warranty on something like a pump that is 5 years old. Can you tell me what makes you think it's the pump? Let us know a little more info so we can better help. Thanks

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55g SW
40 lbs. CC/65 lbs.LR/40 lbs. LS
5 Blue Green Chromis, Lawnmower Blenny, Serpent Star, Hairy shroom, Red Shrooms, Purple Shrooms, Orange Ricordea, Neon Green Ricordea, Frogspawn, Dragon Eyes, 2 peppermint shrimp, 6 Pin Cushion Urchins, 1 Pulsing Xenia, Green Star Polyps, Corky Finger,Mexican Turbos.
75g FW Leopard Discus,Neons,Rummy Nose,Rasboras

melynda

he has 12 african cichlids. i feed spiralina once a day the water is cloudy and algae is growing and it never has in the tank he said being mad it might be the filter but hes a ass and doesnt really know any thing truly whats going on so, i im going to talk to my lfs about it . melynda

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20 gallon hex, 2 greeen chromis,1 seabae clown"my baby sid fishes" .,1 blue damsel, 1 tank bred ocellis perc clown, 2 nasriuss, 2 turbo snails, 10 pds fijian rock, 3 pds live sand, 3 blue legged hermit crab, 1 rose bulb anenome. 10 gallon freshwater, 2 coradoras, 1 red betta, 2 clown loaches.3 banana plants of some kind.

LiVe4fIsH

Do you happen to own any test kits? If you can get a nitrate reading on the tank, and let us know what the ppm is, that would help out greatly. How long have these 12 cichlids been in the tank? Are any of them farily new? How often does he do w/c and what is the percentage of water is he replacing into the tank during the w/c? Also, does he ever clean out his filter media, including the hoses that connect to the filter and go inside of the tank. After some months, the hoses start to become filled with algae and the flow of the filter will slow down/work harder to push out water and it will not produce the correct filtration that it should be producing. Little by little, the nitrates will slowly catch up and soon, take over. Just a few thoughts to think about.

-Izzy

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75g cichlid tank