devy
New Member
Hey folks,
Brand new member here. I have a quick question. I have a 50 gallon tank with the following fish:
3 female crowntail bettas
1 Albino Cory
2 Bronze corys
2 Blue corys
2 Run of the mill plecs
2 Longfin Albino Bristlenose Plecs
1 Clown plec
1 Red Gourami
3 Zebra Danios
Now before you say anything I know that is a lot of plecs for that size of tank. I am planning on putting them into others and maybe giving the run of the mill ones away. Since there are so many bottom feeders as you can imagine the Ammonia and Nitrate / Nitrite levels are through the roof. In addition I am using a 50 gallon filter in combination with a 20 gallong filter. I like well filtered water. I also have three air stones going at any given time. Can that much aeration hurt?
In your opinions how many water changes should I be doing a week to keep these levels down. I do not want to do too many water changes as the guy at the fish store told me that would hurt the water quality.
Any help would be great.
Brand new member here. I have a quick question. I have a 50 gallon tank with the following fish:
3 female crowntail bettas
1 Albino Cory
2 Bronze corys
2 Blue corys
2 Run of the mill plecs
2 Longfin Albino Bristlenose Plecs
1 Clown plec
1 Red Gourami
3 Zebra Danios
Now before you say anything I know that is a lot of plecs for that size of tank. I am planning on putting them into others and maybe giving the run of the mill ones away. Since there are so many bottom feeders as you can imagine the Ammonia and Nitrate / Nitrite levels are through the roof. In addition I am using a 50 gallon filter in combination with a 20 gallong filter. I like well filtered water. I also have three air stones going at any given time. Can that much aeration hurt?
In your opinions how many water changes should I be doing a week to keep these levels down. I do not want to do too many water changes as the guy at the fish store told me that would hurt the water quality.
Any help would be great.