ArtesiaWells
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Our Red Cap Oranda that was affected by the open blister/ulcer has died as well. The only fish left now is the Black Moor...
I think the tank was about to crash anyway, as we drained the water and are in the process of transfering the Moor to a new holding tank -- when we began draining the water and using the syphon to clean the gravel, ALL KINDS OF DISGUSTING DEBRIS came floating up from under the substrate and decor...slime, what appeared to be mold, fish poop, filthy dirt particles...it almost clogged the syphon tube up it was so thick and nasty...
This tank is in HORRENDOUS condition, what with the infection that ran through it and all the decor and plants being slimed over by some filthy mass; we are stripping it down to start over, and will transfer the Moor to a new small Goldfish Starter "tank" of some kind while we clean the main tank...
This is going to open up a whole new battery of issues and questions for me, though...first of all, did we do the right thing by draining this infected tank now that all the fish but one have died? If so, is it "normal" to start over when a tank kind of crashes? With the re-setup process, we know we are going to throw away the decor, gravel, bubble wands and plants -- as well as all filter media at this point -- because these are more than likely badly infected with whatever "bug" this was on the goldfish that killed them...but how do we go about disinfecting the tank itself and the power HOB filters? Do we use bleach of some kind?
We also need to start thinking about new aquascaping ideas for the new setup when it's time...I don't know what kind of theme to go with...
I think the tank was about to crash anyway, as we drained the water and are in the process of transfering the Moor to a new holding tank -- when we began draining the water and using the syphon to clean the gravel, ALL KINDS OF DISGUSTING DEBRIS came floating up from under the substrate and decor...slime, what appeared to be mold, fish poop, filthy dirt particles...it almost clogged the syphon tube up it was so thick and nasty...
This tank is in HORRENDOUS condition, what with the infection that ran through it and all the decor and plants being slimed over by some filthy mass; we are stripping it down to start over, and will transfer the Moor to a new small Goldfish Starter "tank" of some kind while we clean the main tank...
This is going to open up a whole new battery of issues and questions for me, though...first of all, did we do the right thing by draining this infected tank now that all the fish but one have died? If so, is it "normal" to start over when a tank kind of crashes? With the re-setup process, we know we are going to throw away the decor, gravel, bubble wands and plants -- as well as all filter media at this point -- because these are more than likely badly infected with whatever "bug" this was on the goldfish that killed them...but how do we go about disinfecting the tank itself and the power HOB filters? Do we use bleach of some kind?
We also need to start thinking about new aquascaping ideas for the new setup when it's time...I don't know what kind of theme to go with...