My 90 gal had perked along really good for two months. Then while doing a pwc with a new twp with ammonia locking the water became cloudy. I did more changes and used more of this product.
The next morning most of the fish were acting strange. I tested the water for ammonia and it was high, so I add more of the product to protect the fish as per label. The label said to then add more every two days. But after a few hours I checked the water with an ammonia test kit that ignores the chemicals added to protect fish and the ammonia reading was very high I add more and soon my fish were dying and the ammonia reading was now off the chart.
I quickly removed the living fish, 4 Tiger Barbs and the two Paradise Fish into my 10 gal qt tank. Then still not realizing what had happened I had a teaspoon of this product to it. I drained the 90 gal and took the XP - 3 apart. It smelled really really bad. Almost like rotten eggs. But also like pure hypo.
Remembering that I had just add the same twp to my 10 gal qt earlier, I quickly did a 50% water change in it. I checked it for ammonia and it was beginning to show a small amount. Then in a couple of hours I did another 50% water change. But the little male Barb did not make it, He jumped out of the tank at some point and I found him dried out in front of the 10 gal tank. This AM the ammonia reading was off the chart in the 10 gal. I moved the three Barbs and the two Paradise Fish into a peaceful tank because I had no more tanks that had been cycled. I suppose they will kill off the peaceful fish, but they are very old and dying off rapidly. I may very well be without a tank or fish soon. I don't know how much of this stuff will kill of the good bacteria, when I netted the Barbs and Paradise Fish there must have been a few drops on the net.
I will stick with the stuff that I had always used before, Amquel, Prime and Start Right. It seems this stuff that I bought on a recommendation from the lfs is killing off all the good bacteria.
My question now is can I remove this odor and perhaps the same chemical from my tank, ornaments, and canister filters by using some bleach in the tank to sterilize everything. How about the ceramic rings. If I bleach them then dry them and then soak them in Start Right or Prime will everything be good to go again?
The next morning most of the fish were acting strange. I tested the water for ammonia and it was high, so I add more of the product to protect the fish as per label. The label said to then add more every two days. But after a few hours I checked the water with an ammonia test kit that ignores the chemicals added to protect fish and the ammonia reading was very high I add more and soon my fish were dying and the ammonia reading was now off the chart.
I quickly removed the living fish, 4 Tiger Barbs and the two Paradise Fish into my 10 gal qt tank. Then still not realizing what had happened I had a teaspoon of this product to it. I drained the 90 gal and took the XP - 3 apart. It smelled really really bad. Almost like rotten eggs. But also like pure hypo.
Remembering that I had just add the same twp to my 10 gal qt earlier, I quickly did a 50% water change in it. I checked it for ammonia and it was beginning to show a small amount. Then in a couple of hours I did another 50% water change. But the little male Barb did not make it, He jumped out of the tank at some point and I found him dried out in front of the 10 gal tank. This AM the ammonia reading was off the chart in the 10 gal. I moved the three Barbs and the two Paradise Fish into a peaceful tank because I had no more tanks that had been cycled. I suppose they will kill off the peaceful fish, but they are very old and dying off rapidly. I may very well be without a tank or fish soon. I don't know how much of this stuff will kill of the good bacteria, when I netted the Barbs and Paradise Fish there must have been a few drops on the net.
I will stick with the stuff that I had always used before, Amquel, Prime and Start Right. It seems this stuff that I bought on a recommendation from the lfs is killing off all the good bacteria.
My question now is can I remove this odor and perhaps the same chemical from my tank, ornaments, and canister filters by using some bleach in the tank to sterilize everything. How about the ceramic rings. If I bleach them then dry them and then soak them in Start Right or Prime will everything be good to go again?
