Coleallensmom
Planted Tank Enthusiast
Looks great, Daileene. I bet your son loves it!
Wow, so sorry daileene! Any idea what happened?
What were you feeding the BN? A 10 gallon tank is pretty small for any pleco, and definitely won't grow enough algae for a BN to live on.
BN also need some veggies in their diet to keep their digestive tract clear. Most commercial fish foods are mainly protein with a lot of fillers, one reason I feed NLS pellets as the staple diet to all my fish. I also feed the BN canned green beans once weekly, occasionally zucchini in season.
Ok, I was wrong... no tragedy in this tank. Oh, thank goodness!! lol
Yes, I know, right! Enough of my mishap! LOL.
It's official though, I will NEVER use the 3 day feeders!! I have no doubt now that the tablets, (or whatever you got), caused all of the issues. Should I ever get a chance to take a vacation, (ha, yeah right lol), or need to leave my house for a few days or longer, I'll stick to my battery operated feeder that clips on the back of the tank.
I should get those battery operated ones next time. I was trying to be cheap and also the manufacturer said, it really does work and not to worry. Yeah, right!
So, my advice... Run, DON'T WALK, to the store where you bought them and raise all sorts of a fuss! Eh, at least that's what I would do. Seriously though, we're talking a complete stock/plant wipe-out here! I would think that the store where you bought the 3-day feeders would stand behind the product they're selling and reimburse you for the loss, (at least replace your fish). And if they don't... talk to a store manager, or better yet, contact the manufacturers of the feeder.
Girl, I wish I have your boldness and your courage. I should have done that. But I was afraid since the fish didn't die immediately, that they won't associate the feeder to my losses. :-(
Regardless, whether they take responsibility for their product or not, at least they will be informed that they're selling a faulty product and will hopefully pull it from the shelves!
Yeah, I should have gone back there asap or I could actually still write to the manufacturer with regards to their product. I bought the feeder at PETCO. Go figure...I got the Wardley weekend feeder - 3 days. It actually looked like a shell - white in color. It had 4 shells in a packet. So I thought, this should work. But as I have experienced, it didn't. :-(
Don't worry too much about your plants though... you know I'll be doing a trim on mine eventually and will gladly send you some to get your tanks back to being beautiful again.
Yayyy .....((((((hugs))))))) in a million. Thanks in advance! I do want to repay you somehow. You're the best.
***HUGE HUGS***
Fish are fine for several days w/out food (aside from small fry with little or no fat reserves) even a week shouldn't do any harm in most cases. Much better odds than using those 3 day feeders, or in many cases getting someone else to feed them temporarily.
daileene said:thanks bruins...
thanks george.....my son adores that decoration. lol. he wants to add patrick.