bruinsbro1997
Aquarium Advice Addict
This doesn't really pretain to here, since it was my fault for killing the fish, but still...I'm really sad and mad at myself for killing all my fish.
So I went to the LFS to resupply on my decholrinator and get some sand as well as some live plants, and the guy working reccomended this stuff, called Easy-Life Fluid Filter Medium. I wasn't sure, but then I was like, "Oh, why not?" Mistake Number One, never listen to the guy at the fish store.
So I went home, followed, the instructions (shake for thrity seconds) and then put it in the tank. It said that it would clear water and make the fish look healthy. It certainly did a poor job. The water got foggy the second I put it in. After thirty minutes and it didn't go away, I did a HUGE water change, I was afraid I was going to kill them. I did about 90%, and added the water in slowly. But my fish couldn't do it. Too much ammonia from the tap water and not enough conditioner, because I didn't want the water to be cloudy. Mistake Number Two, regardless if clouds the water, ammonia, chlorine and chloramine is toxic to fish and you have to detoxify it. I ended up killing all my schools of tetras, my dwarf neon rainbowfish, a corydora and two of my dwarf gouramis. All gone. The only fish that survived was one lone female dwarf gourami, four cories, and all three rams, which I find quite ironic, because they're supposed to be super sensitive to massive water changes.
Well, at least adding the sand in wasn't a disaster. I seperated the sand and gravel with rocks, and added in my live plants.
Even now, my tank is STILL foggy. Even the sunlight coming through the WINDOW can't penetrate it. So yes, this is my fault. I'm mad and sad at the same time, you can't even see the fish half the time.
Has anyone ever used Fluid Filter Medium, Ultimate Water Conditioner? How did it go for you?
So I went to the LFS to resupply on my decholrinator and get some sand as well as some live plants, and the guy working reccomended this stuff, called Easy-Life Fluid Filter Medium. I wasn't sure, but then I was like, "Oh, why not?" Mistake Number One, never listen to the guy at the fish store.
So I went home, followed, the instructions (shake for thrity seconds) and then put it in the tank. It said that it would clear water and make the fish look healthy. It certainly did a poor job. The water got foggy the second I put it in. After thirty minutes and it didn't go away, I did a HUGE water change, I was afraid I was going to kill them. I did about 90%, and added the water in slowly. But my fish couldn't do it. Too much ammonia from the tap water and not enough conditioner, because I didn't want the water to be cloudy. Mistake Number Two, regardless if clouds the water, ammonia, chlorine and chloramine is toxic to fish and you have to detoxify it. I ended up killing all my schools of tetras, my dwarf neon rainbowfish, a corydora and two of my dwarf gouramis. All gone. The only fish that survived was one lone female dwarf gourami, four cories, and all three rams, which I find quite ironic, because they're supposed to be super sensitive to massive water changes.
Well, at least adding the sand in wasn't a disaster. I seperated the sand and gravel with rocks, and added in my live plants.
Even now, my tank is STILL foggy. Even the sunlight coming through the WINDOW can't penetrate it. So yes, this is my fault. I'm mad and sad at the same time, you can't even see the fish half the time.
Has anyone ever used Fluid Filter Medium, Ultimate Water Conditioner? How did it go for you?
. Hopefully with enough PWC's and time, the foggy / cloudiness'll go away. Keep plugging away and use it as a learning experience.
