Yesterday, I found a listing on craigslist for two tanks for $20 - a 5 gallon and a 10 gallon. The 5 gallon came with the pebbles, filter, heater... just about everything you'd need for keeping a fishy in it. But I'm a tad worried about it so i'm hoping someone might have some insight.
It looks to be a used version of this:
A Marineland 5 Gallon
I cleaned it out with hot water and plugged in the filter that works over top of it to see if it ran alright. It started out noisily, then it 'regurgitated' a sludge comprised of what looks to be fish flakes onto the filter pad. I've been cleaning it out every few hours since because it just keeps finding more sludge.
It also came with an additional filter - a whisper that's supposed to only filter 1-3 gallon tanks and is bubble driven, so that's not going to work, of course.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how I might properly clean this guy out and make it work better. The flow is very light right now. I'd imagine it's still got gunk in it. I want to get this tank cycling so I can put Ralis in it and get him into a bigger home.
Also, does anyone else have one of these who knows a decent way to clean the tank itself? The hood/lid is a labyrinth to have to get into every time...
It looks to be a used version of this:
A Marineland 5 Gallon
I cleaned it out with hot water and plugged in the filter that works over top of it to see if it ran alright. It started out noisily, then it 'regurgitated' a sludge comprised of what looks to be fish flakes onto the filter pad. I've been cleaning it out every few hours since because it just keeps finding more sludge.
It also came with an additional filter - a whisper that's supposed to only filter 1-3 gallon tanks and is bubble driven, so that's not going to work, of course.
I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how I might properly clean this guy out and make it work better. The flow is very light right now. I'd imagine it's still got gunk in it. I want to get this tank cycling so I can put Ralis in it and get him into a bigger home.
Also, does anyone else have one of these who knows a decent way to clean the tank itself? The hood/lid is a labyrinth to have to get into every time...