Help... (my tank needs some TLC)

[NoahLikesFish]

Alright, I have my wood and Rocks out, it is all locally collected except for 3 small chunks of spider wood I have, it all has been in my tank before, the white stuff is super glue I also have a Lot Of twigs. Wyomingite Vincenia any thoughts?

 

[Vincenia]

Try sticking the wood in the rocks to create branching out in multiple locations.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Yeah that’s what I’m trying to do, I did 2 75% water changes today and I am hoping the tank will be decently clear by tomorrow. Should I buy an aqua clear70 in conjunction with my top fin filter which is kinda crappy I will attach a pic in a minute

 

[FishAddict74]

Yeah that’s what I’m trying to do, I did 2 75% water changes today and I am hoping the tank will be decently clear by tomorrow. Should I buy an aqua clear70 in conjunction with my top fin filter which is kinda crappy I will attach a pic in a minute

A better filter may help with water clarity, and circulation but there’s no substitute for water changes. Filters do nothing for nitrates

 

[NoahLikesFish]

the fish are all doing ok still they have faded color cause of stress but no shock I’m planning on doing a clean every 2 hours tomorrow to slowly remove all the debris on the bottom for today I’m calling it quits and taking a step back to think of what I need to do For the rest of the coming weeks. I’m planning on doing some work at my house to make more money so I can hopefully afford a big amount of plants (probably like 90$ worth)

 

[NoahLikesFish]

A better filter may help with water clarity, and circulation but there’s no substitute for water changes. Filters do nothing for nitrates

+1 all a filter does is pump water and mechanically filter unless you do some crazy anoxic thing which can fail the best filter setup I think is a coarse media like sponge then a fine sponge then a thin floss pad then a liberal amount of bio balls in a basket with an anoxic layer underneath and then pothos roots at the very top

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Power heads can do anything filters can honestly and i Might buy a cheap crappy one if I can’t fix the cheap crappy one I have that pumps water inverted

 

[NoahLikesFish]

And will pull water through the output and releases water through the input

 

[FishAddict74]

the fish are all doing ok still they have faded color cause of stress but no shock I’m planning on doing a clean every 2 hours tomorrow to slowly remove all the debris on the bottom for today I’m calling it quits and taking a step back to think of what I need to do For the rest of the coming weeks. I’m planning on doing some work at my house to make more money so I can hopefully afford a big amount of plants (probably like 90$ worth)

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I would just do a 50-60% WC tomorrow and use a fine net to gather as much gunk as possible. Then let the filters do the rest and clean them with tank water once a day until you see that they’re not getting much. But stir things up before doing that WC

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I would just do a 50-60% WC tomorrow and use a fine net to gather as much gunk as possible. Then let the filters do the rest and clean them with tank water once a day until you see that they’re not getting much. But stir things up before doing that WC

alright I realized I can invert the prop on my power head I think