MiamiFishy
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hello everyone,
Once more I need your help. My display 10 gal tank which after a snail over-population was scrap down and reinstated clean as a whistle, has come down with the same problem as when the snails were in.
The first time, toguether with the snails the tank got cleaned out of some little buggers, looked like small tinny tinny white worms? that were crawling all over the glass panels and floating on the water's surface. I thought these guys must have hit a hitchjack with the snails, BUT THEY ARE BACKKK!
No snails are in the tank, and I got rid off of everything from that original setup ( except the fish and decor; decor clean heavy with soap and bleach, left on water with dechlorinator for a few days)... so I dont know what to do!
The little buggers are way too many, with patches accumulating on the waters edge, and on parts of the glass panels... I have been doing almost religiously PWC of 25-50% on a bi day schedule ( every two days).
Water parameters ( not the best since the tank has been cycling undefenetly since I had to put my fish back in when I was force to put them back in).
pH: 6.8 - 6.2 (slowly going from 6.2 to 6.8 with PWC )
KM: (Alkalinity): almost 0 ( can't seem to keep any buffering zone )
KH: (Hardness): soft ( dark brown)
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20
* Note: I use the Jungle Labs 5 in 1 test strips, for the nitrate, the color value indicator is just one block next to the white block indicating 0...
Anyone has any idea what the heck those little buggers are, and how to get rid of them, with hopefully not having to scrap my tank down again???
Please help
Once more I need your help. My display 10 gal tank which after a snail over-population was scrap down and reinstated clean as a whistle, has come down with the same problem as when the snails were in.
The first time, toguether with the snails the tank got cleaned out of some little buggers, looked like small tinny tinny white worms? that were crawling all over the glass panels and floating on the water's surface. I thought these guys must have hit a hitchjack with the snails, BUT THEY ARE BACKKK!
No snails are in the tank, and I got rid off of everything from that original setup ( except the fish and decor; decor clean heavy with soap and bleach, left on water with dechlorinator for a few days)... so I dont know what to do!
The little buggers are way too many, with patches accumulating on the waters edge, and on parts of the glass panels... I have been doing almost religiously PWC of 25-50% on a bi day schedule ( every two days).
Water parameters ( not the best since the tank has been cycling undefenetly since I had to put my fish back in when I was force to put them back in).
pH: 6.8 - 6.2 (slowly going from 6.2 to 6.8 with PWC )
KM: (Alkalinity): almost 0 ( can't seem to keep any buffering zone )
KH: (Hardness): soft ( dark brown)
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 20
* Note: I use the Jungle Labs 5 in 1 test strips, for the nitrate, the color value indicator is just one block next to the white block indicating 0...
Anyone has any idea what the heck those little buggers are, and how to get rid of them, with hopefully not having to scrap my tank down again???
Please help