Post by dwalker on Mar 13, 2022 18:20:31 GMT -5
A friend has to relocate very quickly for work and had to leave his VERY nice aquascaped tank behind. I've had a 55 gallon cichlid tank for about 8 years so he asked if I would be willing to take it to give his ecosystem a fighting chance. I told him I've never done a planted tank, but that I would take it.
I picked it up today and it's really different than what I've had, but mostly because the equipment is much nicer. Here is the tank: fluvalaquatics.com/us/product/flex-aquarium-kit-123-l-32-5-us-gal-black/
It has lily pipes, a canister filter, and also came with a box of other equipment I've never seen before (I'm going to do some googling).
The reason I'm posting this is because I want to ask this community for advice on how to save the take from a mistake
I've got the canister filter all hooked up to the lily pipes, the heater going at the right temp, and all the established fish, snails, and shrimp look really happy. I've got the lights hooked up to the app that controls the light throughout the day set to low to control for algae growth, etc.
I was just settling in to feeling really good about the relocation, when I made a HUGE mistake. I attached the autofeeder and was messing with buttons trying to figure out how to set it and I accidentally triggered it to fully rotate, but it was open and it dumped about a teaspoon of food into the tank and I have no idea how to handle this. I don't want to do a water change to suck it all up because 70% of the water I have added today is brand new and I'm worried that the suction will pull up the plants. So far all I've done is add some prime.
The shrimp and cory catfish are really happy, but there's now a layer of food everywhere. I think a good deal of it got sucked into the canister filter. I also have no idea how to handle that. It's my first time with a canister filter and I thought I'd have time to research canister filter management, but I'm worried a canister full of fish food can't be good.
Any advice?
I picked it up today and it's really different than what I've had, but mostly because the equipment is much nicer. Here is the tank: fluvalaquatics.com/us/product/flex-aquarium-kit-123-l-32-5-us-gal-black/
It has lily pipes, a canister filter, and also came with a box of other equipment I've never seen before (I'm going to do some googling).
The reason I'm posting this is because I want to ask this community for advice on how to save the take from a mistake
I've got the canister filter all hooked up to the lily pipes, the heater going at the right temp, and all the established fish, snails, and shrimp look really happy. I've got the lights hooked up to the app that controls the light throughout the day set to low to control for algae growth, etc.
I was just settling in to feeling really good about the relocation, when I made a HUGE mistake. I attached the autofeeder and was messing with buttons trying to figure out how to set it and I accidentally triggered it to fully rotate, but it was open and it dumped about a teaspoon of food into the tank and I have no idea how to handle this. I don't want to do a water change to suck it all up because 70% of the water I have added today is brand new and I'm worried that the suction will pull up the plants. So far all I've done is add some prime.
The shrimp and cory catfish are really happy, but there's now a layer of food everywhere. I think a good deal of it got sucked into the canister filter. I also have no idea how to handle that. It's my first time with a canister filter and I thought I'd have time to research canister filter management, but I'm worried a canister full of fish food can't be good.
Any advice?
