Fish Crap

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-07-2005, 07:53 PM

I have a 10 gallon tank with a few fish and a white sand bottom. I have a "Tetra whisper power filter" for 20 gallon tanks (turned on high) and yet the crap just keeps piling up. Is there anything i can do? fish crap is gross and i can't finish my meals. Isn't there a creature I can put in there that will eat fish crap? I have a fiddler crab and an aquatic frog (I had a pleco, but he went to that big ol' fish tank in the sky), but none of them eat crap. I'm in deperate need of help.

mousey · 07-07-2005, 08:51 PM

you need to be cleaning the poo off the bottom of the tank with a siphon every week. That is how the rest of us keep the debris down.
I hope you are doing your weekly water changes too!
Mouse

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-07-2005, 09:01 PM

I replace a third of the water every week. Can I use a "gravel vac" on sand? I was just hoping there was some stupid fish that ate crap, oh well.

maxpayne_lhp · 07-07-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Can I use a "gravel vac" on sand?

Yes, raise the syphon a bit higher than you do with gravel. Do it in an angle of 30 degree.

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-07-2005, 09:12 PM

Good, I'll do that then.

**fish_doc** · 07-07-2005, 09:16 PM

There are not any fish that eat crap. They eat extra food and algae but not other fishes waste. Just do what has been suggested with the siphon and you will be doing good.

shev · 07-07-2005, 09:43 PM

ghost shrimp will eat frog poop. at least mine ate dwarf frog waste. Rinse off your filter cartige or replace it and it will pick up more poo off the sand.

oh, and uuuh a little off topic, but you will be told this very soon anyway. the oscar is not going to fit in a ten gallon, no wonder there is soo much poop. and Im amazed youve kept an oscar with swordtails! oscars eat very large fish for their size when young, even a 2 incher will probably be able to down a betta pretty soon. and the fiddler crab is going may also kill your fish too.

**Osiris** · 07-07-2005, 10:00 PM

actually in SW there are things that eat poop hence why u hardly see poop in SW lol

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-07-2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shev

oh, and uuuh a little off topic, but you will be told this very soon anyway. the oscar is not going to fit in a ten gallon, no wonder there is soo much poop. and Im amazed youve kept an oscar with swordtails! oscars eat very large fish for their size when young, even a 2 incher will probably be able to down a betta pretty soon. and the fiddler crab is going may also kill your fish too.

I don't think the retarded fiddler crab (name: "Charlie Daniels", wait a minute, you'll get it) will ever kill anything (other than himself). I know the oscar will grow too big. Like I told they guy at the store, as soon as he kills anything but guppies I'll administer some "southern justice".

shev · 07-07-2005, 11:43 PM

you should definately give it back to the store. theres no way to get around it killing your other fish, and its just not gonna fit in a 10 gallon.

blakeoe · 07-07-2005, 11:52 PM

Well i don't think you'd go around munching on turd cookies and i think fish are the same way. Use the gravel vac clean your filter and buy a bigger tank for ye ole oscar. There really cool fish but get really big and big fish = big poop

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-08-2005, 12:05 AM

You're right, I wouldn't "munch on turd cookies", but then, I'm not a stupid fish that rams my head into glass all day.

fishfreaks · 07-08-2005, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by blakeoe

Well i don't think you'd go around munching on turd cookies and i think fish are the same way. Use the gravel vac clean your filter and buy a bigger tank for ye ole oscar. There really cool fish but get really big and big fish = big poop

hahahahhahahaha

good one blakeoe

fishfreaks · 07-08-2005, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by IHadSexWithAllTheseFish

You're right, I wouldn't "munch on turd cookies", but then, I'm not a stupid fish that rams my head into glass all day.

ya know all fish are not stupid. they do develop personalities and over a period of time usually get well acustomed to their owner

Imbrium · 07-08-2005, 09:00 AM

They wouldn't ram their heads into the glass if you kept them in the right size tank.

IHadSexWithAllTheseFish · 07-08-2005, 10:05 AM

Smart for a fish is still pretty retarded when compared to other animals. And some one may project personalities on to fish, but that's about it. Don't worry, my oscars going for a ride on the "porcelain express", so overcrowding is no longer a problem.

blakeoe · 07-08-2005, 10:11 AM

If this is the way you chose to get rid of them and there is no other option at least make sure there not alive when you flush!!! They could Destroy the natual balance in your native environment!!!!

fishfreaks · 07-08-2005, 10:23 AM

why am i gettin the feeling this kid is jerkin us around.....

Arlene · 07-08-2005, 11:06 AM

Yeah me too.....this has to be a wind-up, surely this bloke cant be serious!

**Scuba Kid** · 07-08-2005, 11:39 AM

someone should talk to shaggy about this.

if he is serious, then i think he's more retarded then he claims his fish to be.

07-07-2005, 07:53 PM	#1
IHadSexWithAllTheseFish Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 54	Fish Crap I have a 10 gallon tank with a few fish and a white sand bottom. I have a "Tetra whisper power filter" for 20 gallon tanks (turned on high) and yet the crap just keeps piling up. Is there anything i can do? fish crap is gross and i can't finish my meals. Isn't there a creature I can put in there that will eat fish crap? I have a fiddler crab and an aquatic frog (I had a pleco, but he went to that big ol' fish tank in the sky), but none of them eat crap. I'm in deperate need of help.

07-07-2005, 09:16 PM	#6
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,835	There are not any fish that eat crap. They eat extra food and algae but not other fishes waste. Just do what has been suggested with the siphon and you will be doing good. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

07-07-2005, 09:43 PM	#7
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	ghost shrimp will eat frog poop. at least mine ate dwarf frog waste. Rinse off your filter cartige or replace it and it will pick up more poo off the sand. oh, and uuuh a little off topic, but you will be told this very soon anyway. the oscar is not going to fit in a ten gallon, no wonder there is soo much poop. and Im amazed youve kept an oscar with swordtails! oscars eat very large fish for their size when young, even a 2 incher will probably be able to down a betta pretty soon. and the fiddler crab is going may also kill your fish too. Last edited by shev; 07-07-2005 at 09:50 PM.

07-07-2005, 10:00 PM	#8
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,727	actually in SW there are things that eat poop hence why u hardly see poop in SW lol __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

07-08-2005, 10:23 AM	#18
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07-07-2005, 08:51 PM	#2
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 812	you need to be cleaning the poo off the bottom of the tank with a siphon every week. That is how the rest of us keep the debris down. I hope you are doing your weekly water changes too! Mouse

07-07-2005, 09:01 PM	#3
IHadSexWithAllTheseFish Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 54	I replace a third of the water every week. Can I use a "gravel vac" on sand? I was just hoping there was some stupid fish that ate crap, oh well.

07-07-2005, 09:12 PM	#5
IHadSexWithAllTheseFish Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 54	Good, I'll do that then.

07-07-2005, 11:43 PM	#10
shev Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montana Age: 19 Posts: 1,561	you should definately give it back to the store. theres no way to get around it killing your other fish, and its just not gonna fit in a 10 gallon.

07-07-2005, 11:52 PM	#11
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	Well i don't think you'd go around munching on turd cookies and i think fish are the same way. Use the gravel vac clean your filter and buy a bigger tank for ye ole oscar. There really cool fish but get really big and big fish = big poop

07-08-2005, 12:05 AM	#12
IHadSexWithAllTheseFish Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 54	You're right, I wouldn't "munch on turd cookies", but then, I'm not a stupid fish that rams my head into glass all day.

07-08-2005, 09:00 AM	#15
Imbrium Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 26 Posts: 384	They wouldn't ram their heads into the glass if you kept them in the right size tank.

07-08-2005, 10:05 AM	#16
IHadSexWithAllTheseFish Banned Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 54	Smart for a fish is still pretty retarded when compared to other animals. And some one may project personalities on to fish, but that's about it. Don't worry, my oscars going for a ride on the "porcelain express", so overcrowding is no longer a problem.

07-08-2005, 10:11 AM	#17
blakeoe Educated Idiot Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hammond, LA Age: 25 Posts: 209	If this is the way you chose to get rid of them and there is no other option at least make sure there not alive when you flush!!! They could Destroy the natual balance in your native environment!!!!

07-08-2005, 11:06 AM	#19
Arlene Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scotland Age: 34 Posts: 181	Yeah me too.....this has to be a wind-up, surely this bloke cant be serious!

07-08-2005, 11:39 AM	#20
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,224	someone should talk to shaggy about this. if he is serious, then i think he's more retarded then he claims his fish to be. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

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