sliderfish
Aquarium Advice Addict
So I came home this afternoon to see my favorite fish dead...my female gbr was freshly deceased.
I quickly checked my specs and was shocked to see ammonia had risen to 1.0 and trates were at 0...
I just did a large water change saturday of about 50% and added flourish excel for the first time. I did as the bottle suggested adding one cap for every ten gal on initial use...in my 29 I added two and a half caps...the bottle suggested adding a cap for every 50 gal every other day so yesterday I added half a cap.
To the best of my knowledge what happened was a kill off of my bb. Is this correct? will I need to wait for a complete recycle now?
I am assuming the directions are overkill, does anyone have a recommendation for dosing the excel in an amount that keeps my plants looking strong and algae down, but is safe for my fish and bb?
I only have one oto in the tank currently and was planning on starting to restock this week, but now that looks doubtful.
I quickly checked my specs and was shocked to see ammonia had risen to 1.0 and trates were at 0...
I just did a large water change saturday of about 50% and added flourish excel for the first time. I did as the bottle suggested adding one cap for every ten gal on initial use...in my 29 I added two and a half caps...the bottle suggested adding a cap for every 50 gal every other day so yesterday I added half a cap.
To the best of my knowledge what happened was a kill off of my bb. Is this correct? will I need to wait for a complete recycle now?
I am assuming the directions are overkill, does anyone have a recommendation for dosing the excel in an amount that keeps my plants looking strong and algae down, but is safe for my fish and bb?
I only have one oto in the tank currently and was planning on starting to restock this week, but now that looks doubtful.