Snype2live
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have several other forums up right now, but I just felt right posting a thread on the actual problem I am having now. I am cycling this ten gallon tank, that I plan on it being a ghost shrimp tank with some guppys. Well I went to local fish store bought 2 rocks as decor. I also got them to squeeze out some filters for bacteria. Harmless I thought. Well obviously not, as I have killed 20 of the little bastards in the last week after putting in the "dirty water". There food source right now is algea, I am guessing, because the tank is being cycled fishlessly. I was (and ill admit this) running the light way to much. As I am used to my led lights on my 29 gallon that seem to not grow anything not even algea. So I have cut the lights of entirely to kill off algea and I took all rocks out of my aquarium covered them in table salt and soaked them for 10 minutes in a salt water bath then rinsed them for about 30 minutes in fresh chlorinated water, dried them off and put them away for now as I do not want them to have any place to hide. I also take a bright flash light and scan the glass every few hours and crush any of them i see with my finger and get them out. I dont mind having a few but i hear they over populate rather quickly some im trying to solve the issue before there is one. any tips tricks ideas i maybe missing ??
