There is always a layer..

danilykins · 10-21-2011, 08:45 AM

Of fish poop. Like I cleaned the tank yesterday and when it settle there was a layer of poop. When the cory's swim I can see it stir up. How do I eliminate this issue? Clean daily?

Gizmo · 10-21-2011, 08:56 AM

What's in your tank that is causing so much poop? Do you have goldfish or a small army of plecos? Are you overfeeding?

Daily cleaning would be advised, but you might want to look into taking care of the source of the problem first.

jrman83 · 10-21-2011, 08:56 AM

Put in plants and stop worrying about it....what I did. I never vacuum any of my tanks now unless there is a lot of plant debris or something.

danilykins · 10-21-2011, 10:03 AM

Gizmo, I have about 2dozen guppies,and mollies, and cory's.

Jrman, I do have lots of plants, but I keep getting issues with dropsy. Unless wysteria isn't a good plant to suck up the ammonia then I will need different plants. I also have mini swords and a large amazon sword, and 2 anubus plants. With the wysteria that grows so fast and large it fills the tank, I haad to actually cut some yesterday to give the fish some more room to swim lol.

jrman83 · 10-21-2011, 10:11 AM

Oh, okay. If your gravel/substrate is the same color as in your avatar, I see the problem, lol. All my tanks have darker gravel and poop, well....I doubt you'll be able to point any out in my tanks, but I know there is a ton of it there somewhere. Maybe try some lower plants to cover the bottom some....not knowing how well the micro-swords are doing the job.

susankat · 10-21-2011, 10:53 AM

I don't get that much poop in my pleco tanks, that much can be caused by over feeding especially with mollies. Mollies and guppies are pigs when it comes to food. Cut back feeding to a little every couple of days and I would expect you to see less.

danilykins · 10-21-2011, 04:53 PM

Yeah I feed them daily. So I can cut back some. Thanks

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