Aquarium Has a lot of particles floating

[faolteam]

anyone

 

[Slaphppy7]

Pics of the particles might help...a vid of them floating in the water even better

 

[faolteam]

There you go

 

[faolteam]

There you go

think that plastic plant may be to long in height sometimes food gets caught up there dont think corys go there

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Yeah that powered sponge filter might help but the issue is that it's not really taking it out of the tank and is going to be more of a pain to clean. When you switch it off and move it all the gunk is going to fall off back into the water.

I can't personally recommend a good HOB filter as I don't really use them. I would recommend that with some filter floss in over an internet sponge filter as you can easily remove it and clean it without accidentally dumping the contents back into the tank. I wouldn't think you need anything special, all you need it for is a bit of mechanical filtration.

An external canister filter would work well for the same reason but would be more expensive. It could however eventually replace your sponge filters for biological filtration as well.

If overfeeding is a bit of an issue I would recommend snails (I personally prefer Malaysian trumpet snails and ramshorns but they will rapidly reproduce), shrimp (cherry shrimp) and freshwater isopods (Asellus Aquaticus). These will all be able to find an eat whatever food the fish miss.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I've been looking at this issue and at least your particles are not algae or bacterial bloom.
I liked the mechanical filter adaptation, but, as has already been pointed out, when you remove an internal filter, where the sponge is on the outside, 9 times out of 10, a whole load of gunk contaminates the water when you remove it.
This is precisely why I've learned to prefer internal filters where all of the filter media is inside the box...absolutely less mess when you want to clean the media.

think that plastic plant may be to long in height sometimes food gets caught up there dont think corys go there

You're touching on a good point here...
Think about the flow of water around the tank.
On the one hand, you don't want your fish battered and will need to create areas of less and more flow for them.
On the other hand, you want a clear path for debris to reach the filter.
A compromise has to be reached, but just a review of your internal tank layout might give you some clue towards improving the flow of contaminated water to the filter.

 

[faolteam]

I've been looking at this issue and at least your particles are not algae or bacterial bloom.
I liked the mechanical filter adaptation, but, as has already been pointed out, when you remove an internal filter, where the sponge is on the outside, 9 times out of 10, a whole load of gunk contaminates the water when you remove it.
This is precisely why I've learned to prefer internal filters where all of the filter media is inside the box...absolutely less mess when you want to clean the media.


You're touching on a good point here...
Think about the flow of water around the tank.
On the one hand, you don't want your fish battered and will need to create areas of less and more flow for them.
On the other hand, you want a clear path for debris to reach the filter.
A compromise has to be reached, but just a review of your internal tank layout might give you some clue towards improving the flow of contaminated water to the filter.

Thanks folks i appreciate all your advice , i cut the plastic plants a bit smaller, and have the Aquael sponge filter going , im thinking too things one the way i was feeding the fish with frozen food and dried food mixed together in water, and they were eating the frozen food first, and the Indian Captcha leaf Disentergrating, also i have seen were people put a plastic bag under the sponge filter as the sponge is been taken off to stop sediment etc falling down