nicolej
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi all, so ive been trying to get some healthier plants growing, so I started dosing my tank heavily with potassium, iron and amazon elements. It did nothing for the plants at all, and killed off my entire population of trumpet snails and rili shrimp within a week or so. I also have nerite snails but they have been very inactive and their shells are missing patches of color. I moved them to my new invert only tank and they immediately perked up, so obviously the water chemistry isn't agreeing with them either.
I stopped dosing any fertilizers since the big die off and have done a few water changes. All the fish in that tank are doing totally fine it just effected the invert population. I did a water test but just with test strips and the GH is very high, pH is on the acidic side.
Just trying to figure out what specifically it was that killed them so I don't make that mistake again. Any ideas?
I stopped dosing any fertilizers since the big die off and have done a few water changes. All the fish in that tank are doing totally fine it just effected the invert population. I did a water test but just with test strips and the GH is very high, pH is on the acidic side.
Just trying to figure out what specifically it was that killed them so I don't make that mistake again. Any ideas?