Posted on Aug 18, 2008 under fish tank |
I just got a 30 gallon fish tank. Over night about 1 gallon of water (if not more) disappeared from the tank. I thought it might be evaporating but that seems like a lot over night. I have a wooden fish stand that only holds up the edges of the fish tank and the middle is not supported with a hollow space about 3 inches from the bottom of the aquarium glass. I thought maybe the water s leaking into this hollow space and not leaking out onto the ground yet. Should I support the bottom of the fish tank? Do I need to increase the temperature of the water to keep it from evaporating?
Unless your tank is very warm, has no cover and it under a fan I would say that more water lose that just evaporation. Check to be sure no water is leaking from the filter. If the outside of the filter housing is wet then you have a leak. If that from over the top of the filter you can adjust the position of the filter to prevent further leakage. If it's from anywhere along the filter you will need to replace the filter.
If you find no leak from the filter and no over flow from there, then I would assume you have a leak in the tank. Move it to a flat location, be sure the outside is perfectly dry, place the tank on some newspaper and carefully fill the tank so that you don't spill any water onto the paper. You should be able to identify a leak within an hour or so. As the tank is new,. I would return it for a replacement instead of attempting a repair.
As long as your stand supports the tank all the way around the edges a support under the glass is not needed.. The bottom glass rests on the bottom frame and is supported on all sides. Any attempt to support the bottom could cause uneven support and therefore cause a leak.
MM
Posted on Oct 09, 2008 under fish tank |
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Posted on Sep 11, 2008 under fish tank |
I dont think I have a heater for my fish tank. But then again I'm not sure what one looks like, i also have a light in my fish tank.
unless you have a heater the water in the tank will never be warmer than the temp of the room its in
here clik on this link & scrol down just abit & you will see what they look like
http://www.shop.com/Pet+Supplies-a-Fish+Tank+Heaters-nover-st.shtml?sourceid=429
Posted on Sep 11, 2008 under fish tank |
This one is for Mike! One of my many jobs is to clean the big fish tank at the Mandarin head office in Brampton, Ontario. And yes, there are sharks in there.
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Posted on Sep 10, 2008 under fish tank |
My fish tank is reaching 94 degrees because it was a 99 degree day today and there's already a heater in the tank. Should I turn off the heater or is it ok? I don't have an ac unit in my apt so it's really hot all day and nite. Will my fish die?
Turn off the heater, no fish lives in water above 83 degrees Fahrenheit, and you only go that high when your fish are sick to maybe kill of bacteria. You need to lower water temp. Take a sandwich bag fill it with ice and let it float in your tank. Or take tap water put it in a sandwich bag and make a block of ice and float it, the bag too, in the tank. Just make sure that the melting ice does not get into the tank water unless you want to treat the water with a dechlorinizer before you freeze, and float it.
Your fish will die if you don't do this. For more help email me
mark@markspetfish dot com
Posted on Sep 10, 2008 under fish tank |
I tought I would make a video of me drilling 2 x 1 3/4″ holes on my main tank since there wasn’t many videos when I was trying to learn how to do it.
Drilling a hole would have cost me $25 a hole at the local fish store with no guarentee of not breaking the tank.
$15 for a bit that will last 5+ holes (I don’t know exactly how many it will last for) is my way to do things.
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Posted on Sep 09, 2008 under fish tank |
Tim and his mum go to a Broken fish tank unit , coincidentally it has a joint in dentist inside, the dentist is mighty strange anyway.. Meanwhile tim struggles to cope with the weird dentist while Nora [ tims mum ] , wonders if she wants a broken fish tank or not.
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Posted on Sep 09, 2008 under fish tank |
I have a planted fish tank (15 gallons) and it seems that the hood that came with it isnt powerful enough for the plants. (15watts) So I wanted to add some extra lamps that I have lying around my house but these arent specially made for fish tanks.
My tank is 24" wide and I cant find hoods that can house 2 or more flourescent lamps.
i have anacharis in my fish tank
If Anacharis is the only plant in your tank, you really don't need any more light… Anacharis can handle very low lights perfectly. Tanks that have plants that require very high lighting usually need about 3-4 watts. You have a plant that requires very little light, so 1 watt per gallon is fine. Any lamps are fine, but be careful, you don't want a lamp that gives off too much heat, that will lead to fluctuating temperatures when it is turned off.
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Posted on Sep 08, 2008 under fish tank |
The stupidest thing we could have done… with a fishtank
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Posted on Sep 08, 2008 under fish tank |
2 weeks ago i bought and setup my 20 gallon freshwater fish tank. That monday i bought 3 fish 2 i know for sure are mollies.The next day i notice 9 or 11 baby fishes swimming around the tank (petsmart didn't tell me mollies are livebearing fish,least i got my money worths right). But now my fish tank stinks and the water is sorta cloudy. Also it's so pink fuzzy stuff on the rocks. If anybody could help please do so!
Please, don't listen to somebody who changes his water every six months and relies on chemicals to make up for laziness.
Magic man is absolutely right. You should do partial water changes, leaving the fish where they are. You should vacuum the gravel at the same time to keep too much waste from building up.
You must be careful not to overfeed. This is the most common reason for stinky and cloudy tanks. Fish don't need much food and you do not need to stuff them to the gills at every feeding - it only creates waste. Anything they don't eat should be syphoned out right away or the leftovers cause problems like you are going through.
I also agree with the theory of mystical star above - you can't have a fishes water too clean. Daily water changes are excessive and can turn the hobby into a chore, but I should hope a persons fish are worth weekly maintenance. A gravel vacuum, water change, perhaps the scraping of algae off the tank walls, won't take you more then 20-30 minutes each week.
SInce your tank was only set up 2 weeks ago, it's still in its newest stages and not yet cycled. Water changes will additionally keep toxins lower and keep your fish from getting ill or dying.
Again though, be very careful with feeding. Once, twice, three times per day is fine, but feed them only what they will consume in about 2 minutes, TOTAL. SO if you feed them twice, try for just a minute. This by no means a rule of course - any advice should be taken only with common sense.
And do yourself and the fish a favour and don't add anything besides dechlorinator to the water, and in the case of mollies, some salt. Anything else complicates the issue and increases the chances of further problems. Water clarifying chemicals, for instance, are a good way to put a band-aid on a problem instead of actually figuring out what's wrong and properly fixing it.