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Hi there, apologies for the long post and if it is not in the correct forum...
I have never owned an aquarium.
We recently moved from South Africa to France, we are renting a property here.The house contains an aquarium which has been severely neglected.
I'm not sure for how long the house was empty. We moved in about 3 weeks ago.
There are 6 small fish in the aquarium which we've been feeding daily.
There are shops in the area I can ask for help, but my French is terrible, hence me approaching the forum for help.
State of tank, the front window was completely covered in algae, we have tried to clean it with the magnetic brushes:
What are these cups for?
Equipment, I have watched Youtube videos on the Eheim. I do not know the status of the filtering contents, but based on the status of the tank I imagine it requires replacement? Any advice?
I have added a new Sodastream CO2 bottle, but the pressure gauge is not showing anything, I am probably doing something wrong?
The tube from the CO2 feeds into this:
The outlet pipe? In the Youtube videos this Eheim model has a spreader pipe and it moves the surface water, this inlet is well below the surface and I cannot see any current.
The inlet pipe, again on the videos there is a filter for this, this does not seem as though it has anything.
More status pics
Can anyone ID these?
Is it ok to feed once a day?
This is what was in the house so we continued feeding this, bottle on the right.
I feel really sorry for these fish and want to give them a proper environment, so any advice is appreciated.
Thank you!
I have never owned an aquarium.
We recently moved from South Africa to France, we are renting a property here.The house contains an aquarium which has been severely neglected.
I'm not sure for how long the house was empty. We moved in about 3 weeks ago.
There are 6 small fish in the aquarium which we've been feeding daily.
There are shops in the area I can ask for help, but my French is terrible, hence me approaching the forum for help.
State of tank, the front window was completely covered in algae, we have tried to clean it with the magnetic brushes:
What are these cups for?
Equipment, I have watched Youtube videos on the Eheim. I do not know the status of the filtering contents, but based on the status of the tank I imagine it requires replacement? Any advice?
I have added a new Sodastream CO2 bottle, but the pressure gauge is not showing anything, I am probably doing something wrong?
The tube from the CO2 feeds into this:
The outlet pipe? In the Youtube videos this Eheim model has a spreader pipe and it moves the surface water, this inlet is well below the surface and I cannot see any current.
The inlet pipe, again on the videos there is a filter for this, this does not seem as though it has anything.
More status pics
Can anyone ID these?
Is it ok to feed once a day?
This is what was in the house so we continued feeding this, bottle on the right.
I feel really sorry for these fish and want to give them a proper environment, so any advice is appreciated.
Thank you!