10g planted tank
6 neon tetras
1 dwarf gourami
1 ghost shrimp
2 bamboo shrimp
2 small turbo[?] snails
a bunch of MTS
All plants are low-light plants, crypts, banana plants, anacharis.
Anywhoo, I set-up a DIY CO2 yeast generator but the first mixture didn't turn out quite well and was kinda unstable. For the first two days it gave off a bunch of CO2, then it started dying off. The blame was the yeast I used, a very old batch.
In any event, I started injecting on Monday. I don't have a test for GH or KH, but I have ordered one. All I tested for was pH. First day, over the course of the night the pH went from the usual tank's 8.3-ish to 7.8. It then went further down 5 hours later to a 7.6 and stuck there. Everything seemed good until 2 days ago when I noticed all my MTS and turbos were withdrawn in their shell. Then the one ghost shrimp left started acting distressed and the two bamboos went into hiding. I stopped the CO2 injection and did a 50% pwc. The fish are fine, the bamboo shrimp are fine as well, but the snails haven't come out.
I took a couple at random to see if they were still alive, I GENTLY poked them with a paper clip and they retracted further.
What do you think went wrong?
How should I go differently about things?
Any chance for my snails to recover?
Anything else I should do for my tank?
Well, the critters may be stressed and water a bit unstable but hey! At least I have lush green plants! Believe it or not, it made a noticeable difference in the brief 4 days of CO2 injection. My banana plants haven't had leaves for 3 months now and they suddenly all have 2 or more growing!
I plan on moving the floating plants and banana plants to a 2g bowl and start injecting there.
6 neon tetras
1 dwarf gourami
1 ghost shrimp
2 bamboo shrimp
2 small turbo[?] snails
a bunch of MTS
All plants are low-light plants, crypts, banana plants, anacharis.
Anywhoo, I set-up a DIY CO2 yeast generator but the first mixture didn't turn out quite well and was kinda unstable. For the first two days it gave off a bunch of CO2, then it started dying off. The blame was the yeast I used, a very old batch.
In any event, I started injecting on Monday. I don't have a test for GH or KH, but I have ordered one. All I tested for was pH. First day, over the course of the night the pH went from the usual tank's 8.3-ish to 7.8. It then went further down 5 hours later to a 7.6 and stuck there. Everything seemed good until 2 days ago when I noticed all my MTS and turbos were withdrawn in their shell. Then the one ghost shrimp left started acting distressed and the two bamboos went into hiding. I stopped the CO2 injection and did a 50% pwc. The fish are fine, the bamboo shrimp are fine as well, but the snails haven't come out.
I took a couple at random to see if they were still alive, I GENTLY poked them with a paper clip and they retracted further.
What do you think went wrong?
How should I go differently about things?
Any chance for my snails to recover?
Anything else I should do for my tank?
Well, the critters may be stressed and water a bit unstable but hey! At least I have lush green plants! Believe it or not, it made a noticeable difference in the brief 4 days of CO2 injection. My banana plants haven't had leaves for 3 months now and they suddenly all have 2 or more growing!
I plan on moving the floating plants and banana plants to a 2g bowl and start injecting there.