Brett1970 Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I had a spawn of about 150 Red Flame Hms they are a week old now and their tank is getting a bit mucky does anyone have any suggestions on how to clean it . Have been feeding them Liquid fry and microworms the first week think i will put them on BBS this week Thankyou Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 do you have a sponge filter you can use? i always net all the babys out and clean it that way but its time consuming so i dont recommend it try using a syringe to suck the stuff off the bottem and then after cup extra water out if you need to,a sponge filter really helps keep the gunk to a minimum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 are you going to be selling them once they have grown out? i have a black marble butterfly halfmoon female,a mustard gas male and a silvere plakat imn breeding atm :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett1970 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Yers have a sponge filter slowly bubbling and a airstone to move the water using a syringe will be very time consuming as the tank is 60 x30 x 60 but i guess its the only way to clean it without losing any fry. yes will be selling the fry on Tm when they get older have another spawn with my male Plakat/Hm and his Lover a lovely red flame hm should be some nice fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 cool i will look out for them if you wanted to ove the water faster you could just stick a sponge in their to soak it up?? sorry havent got many ideas on that front lol i stick with my waste of time method Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlums Posted December 28, 2009 Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Hi there, Try using air line tube tied to a long thin piece of plastic that is not easily bendible, you can then syphone the bottom of the tank very carefully and just check after that no fry have been sucked up. Although pretty hardy fish, try not to move the fry out of the tank in order to clean as any drop in temperature due to movement can cause faulty problems. Get your self an aqua one over flow filter and replace it with your sponge once they are a little bigger, you can use the sponges from the sponge filters to put on the end of the down pipes in order to not suck up and fry, start the filter on farely slow and as they get bigger, turn up the flow. Hope this helps abit more. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett1970 Posted December 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2009 Thanks John will try using a air line tube used a syringe tis morning and some fry got sucked up just as well i had put the dirty stuff into a container so i could see if i had sucked up any fry. Have a aqua one filter will put it in when the fry are bigger and wont do any water changes for another month at least brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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