Hi. Through my kids, I entered the aquarium world 2 wks ago. My daughter started with a 5 gallon tank...then in less than 2 wks upgraded to a 12 gallon tank, and my son now has the 5 gallon. The 12g currently has 1 glofish and 1 cory cat...with plans to eventually add 4 more glofish. The 5g is currently empty but plan to eventually have 3 male guppies and 1 cory cat.
After initially setting up the 5g, we noticed what looked like tape residue inside the tank. So, when changing the tank from my daughter to my son (with new gravel/decorations), I decided to clean off the sticky residue. Plain water didn't work, so I used elmers sticky out...not remembering at time that I had read to never use cleaners/detergents on aquarium supplies).
After adding safestart and letting tank run 24 hrs, we tried adding 1 cory cat...which started floating on it's side within 3 hrs. It was not dead, but obviously not swimming right, so we took it back. Water test by me and lps showed slightly elevated ammonia, but not significant. So now I'm wondering if I poisoned the tank with the adhesive remover...and what I can do to fix it?!?
I have also learned more about fishless cycling and will be doing that before adding fish to the 5g.
After initially setting up the 5g, we noticed what looked like tape residue inside the tank. So, when changing the tank from my daughter to my son (with new gravel/decorations), I decided to clean off the sticky residue. Plain water didn't work, so I used elmers sticky out...not remembering at time that I had read to never use cleaners/detergents on aquarium supplies).
After adding safestart and letting tank run 24 hrs, we tried adding 1 cory cat...which started floating on it's side within 3 hrs. It was not dead, but obviously not swimming right, so we took it back. Water test by me and lps showed slightly elevated ammonia, but not significant. So now I'm wondering if I poisoned the tank with the adhesive remover...and what I can do to fix it?!?
I have also learned more about fishless cycling and will be doing that before adding fish to the 5g.