So here I am,
My fish are all back at the lfs. My tank, my gravel, my ornaments and plastic plants are rinsed. I have a heater cranked to 83 and the tank back together with a new (rinsed) charcoal cartridge in a HOB cascade filter and the rinsed "sponge" in there as well.
The gravel and the sponge were so brown and icky, it couldn't have been "sterile". It took me two full tanks of rinsing and swooshing, until the water became sort of clear.
Anyways, I am off to the grocery store to track down a raw shrimp. Do you throw the whole thing in or just the meaty part. Would a frozen raw shrimp work as well?
My fish are all back at the lfs. My tank, my gravel, my ornaments and plastic plants are rinsed. I have a heater cranked to 83 and the tank back together with a new (rinsed) charcoal cartridge in a HOB cascade filter and the rinsed "sponge" in there as well.
The gravel and the sponge were so brown and icky, it couldn't have been "sterile". It took me two full tanks of rinsing and swooshing, until the water became sort of clear.
Anyways, I am off to the grocery store to track down a raw shrimp. Do you throw the whole thing in or just the meaty part. Would a frozen raw shrimp work as well?