Bobrummel
Aquarium Advice Regular
I looked at my tank on Monday and noticed that some of my Lemon Tetras had a few white spots on them. I read up on the different options for treatment and decided to go with the salt + heat not realizing that my pleco could be more susceptible to the salt I had originally chosen this method because my tank is fairly new and didn't want my biofilter to suffer and had also read that meds can kill off nitrifying bacteria.
I slowly added my salt to 2tbs/gallon as I read someplace (I don't remember whether it was here or another forum) over the course of 24 hrs (my tank already had some salt in it) and then raised my temp up to 85 (from 78) over the next 16hrs. So I had my heat and salt up to "recommended" levels by Wednesday morning.
By Wednesday evening, my Albino BN Pleco had expired I'm here looking to see if anyone has an opinion of why he died. He was a baby (approx. 2.5"), so I don't know if the salt was just too much for his little body or if it was the heat or something else.
Please help me learn from my mistake so I don't lose another fish through ignorance. Thanks in advance.
I slowly added my salt to 2tbs/gallon as I read someplace (I don't remember whether it was here or another forum) over the course of 24 hrs (my tank already had some salt in it) and then raised my temp up to 85 (from 78) over the next 16hrs. So I had my heat and salt up to "recommended" levels by Wednesday morning.
By Wednesday evening, my Albino BN Pleco had expired I'm here looking to see if anyone has an opinion of why he died. He was a baby (approx. 2.5"), so I don't know if the salt was just too much for his little body or if it was the heat or something else.
Please help me learn from my mistake so I don't lose another fish through ignorance. Thanks in advance.