pest control & fish tanks?

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I picked up a 10 gallon tank someone gave me off of craigslist, with fish in it. The poor things I could not believe they were even still alive the water was cloudy & green! There were 2 goldfish & a paradise gourami and a plecostamous in there. well i found homes for the goldfish, bought water conditioner and replaced most of the water so it is nice & clear. I will be getting a heater for them next week, i found homes for the goldfish so now I just have 2 gourami who are getting along well and the plecostamous. Well the fish tank also came with some extra pets that i didnt have before...roaches living up in the filter...yuck! I would like to do a big pest control and clean up this week in my apartment. I want to keep the fishies safe. Also the gravel is nasty and filled with waste. The tank needs a full makeover, so any suggestions on how to safely do this? without criticisms please and thanks you because I am a new fish keeper.

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11.) Do not feed them until 24 hours later after they are introduced,

By what means can I separate solids from a mixture?

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In Chemistry, I have to separate a mixture of 4 solid substances. I removed a substance (had properties of metal shavings) with a strong metal, so that left me with 3 substances. Then, I identified a substance as salt, so I mixed the remaining mixture with water and filtered it, leaving me with 2 remaining substances and a salt solution. (The salt solution, I'll just leave out on a Petri dish and let the water dissolve.) That left me with a substance that looked like sand and a very, very fine substance. How do I separate these two?

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Get a very fine screen and sift the finer substance from the sand.

should i buy a powerhead??

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have a 75 gal tank with 4 little piranhas in it. currntly i have an emperor 400 filter and a Penguin 350. i was thinking bout getting a powerhead aswell for extra water flow. good idea?

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It doesn't matter either way. Personally, I wouldn't add the power head because piranhas prefer calm water. Good luck.

my fish is not eating!?

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I put some aquarium salt in the water, and bought some fish tonic from pets at home for off color fish. This morning its color is back! Very dark speckles and its fin is up, its swimming around a little bit but its still not eating, its not eaten now 4 days. the day before it got ill it was trying to eat but was spitting the flakes back out. I always sink the flakes. Whats wrong with it!?

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Try different foods with your shubunkin, isolate it with a tank divider when trying this. Try live foods especially such as blood worms, earth worms, crickets and brine shrimp. You can also try other flakes or pellets to bring back it's appetite. If that doesn't work, try increasing the temperature to get its metabolism going (around 75 degrees is good). It can also be constipated, try doing a epsom salt bath with it although for shubunkins thats fairly rare.

i would hurry because if it isnt eating it could die.

Eat the fish then

Fish Tank algae Help?

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I think my tap water might have alot of phospates in it, I live by mexico.

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Algae needs light and nutrients, so if you don't have live plants only use the lights when viewing your fish and be sure you're not over feeding your fish. If you still have algae look at where the tank is situated and try to move it to a shadier area in your home.

i am from the uk so dont know if they sell this near mexico but you can buy RO water from your petshop or alternatively buy some chemical that you add to tapwater to remove the phosphates. you can also buy some snails, catfish and algae eaters. if you do not have any live plants these will help too, make sure your tank is away from the sun and that your tank is not overstocked/in too much sunlight. DO NOT BLEACH YOU COULD KILL THE FISH you could also try a new filter that sits on the outside of the tank not inside hopes thisw helps

for one scrape the walls pull the decorations out scrub them. and use a gravel filter and suck as much algae out as you can with a normal 20% water change add algeacide wait a week and clean filter. wait 2 or three weeks and repeat if necessary. after that just use a magnrt scrapper to keep it under control . and dont forget to suck gravle now and again fish pooh is good fertalizer for algae

Remoras or suckerfish are ideal for cleaning a tank of algae. I know that Pet stores like Pet Co. or Petsmart have them. and if you do consider getting one then ask an employee about them and tell them your situation.

Green algae is normally from too much light. Make sure the tank is not in direct sun and turn off the lights. They tank should have the same hours of daylight as there is outside, around 8-10.

whats the best type off filter to start a salt water tank with?

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had freshwater tanks for years i kept discus. want to try my hand at salt water never done it before just want some starting advice and i dont realy want to get to fancy

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for a newb an all in one tank would be a good choice such has a jbj nanocube

depends on the size of ur tank

My Mom has a brita water filter she hasn't changed in a long time & she has a rash.Could it be from the water?

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If a Brita filter isn't changed when they say (usually every 3 months), bacteria can grow in the cartridge, and the water can be unsafe to drink.

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well i just noticed that you have to leave the filter run for 5 min every time you use it so there must be a reason for that. so i could be the filter

Not likely. Tap water is officially drinkable.