jdsunflower
Aquarium Advice Activist
well after multiple partial water changes trying to get to the bottom of my fish's distress, and sudden ammonia problems, I finally thought to check the tap water ammonia levels; 2!!! I'm annoyed with myself at not thinking to check this. We take tapwater for granted, don't we? Yet here, pH is 9, etc, etc...
Unfortunately, the stores are closed today here, so cannot even get Ammo Lock (would you guys recommend use of this in such an emergency?)
In the meantime all I can do is put back the plants I'd removed because I thought they weren't doing that well and were adding nitrates... They'll at least help somewhat, won't they?
The only survivors of this recent crash of my system (things make a bit more sense now, but not completely), my rasboras died, and my snail had to be euthanized, VALIANT little guy that he was. His feelers looked seriously damaged (the tips looked crushed or melted--it was awful) and he was staggering, and seemed blind to his surroundings... As much as a snail can look like it's suffering, this one was. What a heart-wrenching thing to have to do. Thanks to the thread on proper euthanasia, I think it was a painless as possible (boiling water), but I won't lie, I shed a few tears and felt like a monster. Would he have healed on his own? I don't think it was possible, but please let me know if in future I should let them be awhile longer...but he wasn't eating, and seemed quite tortured...
JD
Unfortunately, the stores are closed today here, so cannot even get Ammo Lock (would you guys recommend use of this in such an emergency?)
In the meantime all I can do is put back the plants I'd removed because I thought they weren't doing that well and were adding nitrates... They'll at least help somewhat, won't they?
The only survivors of this recent crash of my system (things make a bit more sense now, but not completely), my rasboras died, and my snail had to be euthanized, VALIANT little guy that he was. His feelers looked seriously damaged (the tips looked crushed or melted--it was awful) and he was staggering, and seemed blind to his surroundings... As much as a snail can look like it's suffering, this one was. What a heart-wrenching thing to have to do. Thanks to the thread on proper euthanasia, I think it was a painless as possible (boiling water), but I won't lie, I shed a few tears and felt like a monster. Would he have healed on his own? I don't think it was possible, but please let me know if in future I should let them be awhile longer...but he wasn't eating, and seemed quite tortured...
JD