how to clean your fish tank?
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snakeblitz33
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Originally Posted by Raina55 http:///t/391301/how-to-clean-your-fish-tank#post_3470764
Mine is 28 gallon, Size: 70*36*56cm, i just started a few days ago. but i added the anemones yesterday. the salesman told me i need the anemones if i keep the clown, so i bought one, but he didnt tell me i need the light. and i just checked on the internet, its ture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh my ladygaga, im such a stupid noob, did i clean all my tank and just start it again?
Take the anemones back if they aren't already dead. You need an established tank with clean water and stable water parameters and a very strong light for them to survive long term. Try to get some credit or your money back if you can.
Slow down and do some research on this forum and other sites. You will find that you need to cycle your tank for 30 days before you can even add a fish. If you just started a few days ago and have already bought fish and anemones you are headed for disaster. I hope that you will learn from your mistakes!
Originally Posted by Raina55 http:///t/391301/how-to-clean-your-fish-tank#post_3470764
Mine is 28 gallon, Size: 70*36*56cm, i just started a few days ago. but i added the anemones yesterday. the salesman told me i need the anemones if i keep the clown, so i bought one, but he didnt tell me i need the light. and i just checked on the internet, its ture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!oh my ladygaga, im such a stupid noob, did i clean all my tank and just start it again?
Take the anemones back if they aren't already dead. You need an established tank with clean water and stable water parameters and a very strong light for them to survive long term. Try to get some credit or your money back if you can.
Slow down and do some research on this forum and other sites. You will find that you need to cycle your tank for 30 days before you can even add a fish. If you just started a few days ago and have already bought fish and anemones you are headed for disaster. I hope that you will learn from your mistakes!
snakeblitz33
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Originally Posted by Raina55 http:///t/391301/how-to-clean-your-fish-tank/20#post_3470765
god help me
Buddha and Alah too!
Originally Posted by Raina55 http:///t/391301/how-to-clean-your-fish-tank/20#post_3470765
Buddha and Alah too!
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siptang
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Oh I use variety of things, I use magnet cleaner, blade cleaner with stick and brush cleaner for the back wall.
rickross23
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NEVER LISTEN TO SALESMAN. WHAT'S THEIR JOB? TO SELL THINGS. Anemones are hard to keep and need perfect parameters, great lighting, good flow and feedings once a week to be successful. Your tanks been setup 3 days? The Anemone will surely die if your tanks been up 3 days.
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smallreef
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STOP.... what you need is to take time to do things... #1 get either T5HO lights or something brighter if you keep the anemone... #2 get rid of 3 clowns... keep the largest and smallest (the largest will turn into a female and the smallest is a boy) #3 DO NOT PUT ANYTHING in your tank without researching it first and wait atleast 3 weeks in between fish to add to let your beneficial bacteria build up and be able to handle the bioload.
If you JUST started your tank it still has probably not cycled and everything may die... you said you just set it up a few days ago? do you have any test kits to test the water? Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite? those all need to be 0 before you add your first fish...
Do you have any live rock and what is your other filtration method?
also if you can add a picture it would be helpful... and NO clowns dont NEED an anemone to live... its nice to have but only when your tank is ready for one....
If you JUST started your tank it still has probably not cycled and everything may die... you said you just set it up a few days ago? do you have any test kits to test the water? Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite? those all need to be 0 before you add your first fish...
Do you have any live rock and what is your other filtration method?
also if you can add a picture it would be helpful... and NO clowns dont NEED an anemone to live... its nice to have but only when your tank is ready for one....
snakeblitz33
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I would like to go ahead and say that we aren't shouting at you or judging you in any way. We aren't bashing you or trying to make you feed bad either. We all start out as new hobbyists and we have almost all made your kind of mistakes at first. With time, you will learn from your mistakes. Most of us here on the site just really care for the saltwater creatures that depend on us to keep them alive, and that is why you will find many passionate answers in this thread. So, please keep that in mind when reading posts. Have a nice day!