indoor water feature with goldfish

[mafacifa]

my first post here...

it started when i bought a water fountain for my balcony.. it comes with a black fibreglass square container... about 2ft x 2 ft x 0.8 ft.

and then.. visited mainland fish farm.. bought a couple of fish and goldfish. let it swim in my fountain tank.

currently for water filtering, bought eden 501 filter but they water quality seems slightly yellowish.. been 1 mth already.

bought ammonia treatment liquid from C328 but seems to have no change.

So what could be the problem? Filter not strong enough? need additional filter media?

made a mistake of not doing research here before buying fish..

[seanang168]

Hi are you using and substrate media or driftwood? Yellow usually comes from the substrate and driftwood.

[fotoudavid]

Eden 501 will be too weak for your 2ft

[mafacifa]

morning guys.. yeah looks like the eden 501 will be weak. I dont have driftwood or substrate.

aside from ehiem, what other canister filters are good and on the budget side? Jebo, Atman?

[marimo]

take a scoop of water with a clear bottle . it can be greenish yellow cloudy , green water algae
as you said it at balcony, exposed to sunlight

otherwise can be just water from poor filtration , water turns dirty from the waste of goldfish

and maybe try purigen or active carbon to remove any dissolved organics

[mafacifa]

yeah.. got a new 2nd hand atman df 1300 filter.. water quality seems to improve this morning.. long live the goldfishes..

now selling off my less than 1 mth old Eden 501 filter.