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This is probably bad but i never change the water of my tank except on my biannual house changel. Is this something i should start doing or can i leave it? I have never had a problem with it.

Chris

What kind of fish and how many do you have in your tank, and what size is it? Does the tank have live plants? It is always good to do a water change atleast once a month, depending on fish load. I change atleast 30% of my water every week and use a gravel vac every other time.

I have a way too crowded tank. Look at my profile for my tank. I dont have live plants and It is still perfectly clean.

Chris

The water change method stated above is good I would suggest using it as biannual water changes are not enough for the tanks you have.

Do you have names for the plecos, most plecos get large and wont fit in a 10 or 2 gallon tank. IMO having upsidedown cats in a 10 is not the best idea since they get near 5 inches they would prefer a larger tank. Are your livebearers breeding? If so then you may have more issues soon. Dwarf puffers belong in a species only tank not in a community. Swordtails need a 20 gallon tanks because they get 5 inches long. Not sure what a balloon molly is, I have never heard of it.

I would definatly suggest a larger tank ASAP.

"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man" Simpsons

I have rubber lip plecos, and the livebearers are breeding.

Chris