bruinsbro1997
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Gboy66 said:And this was from tearing out the plants??
Yep...
Well it's clearing up, still should wait a bit more before putting in plants, the fish are starting to improve....
Gboy66 said:And this was from tearing out the plants??
bruinsbro1997 said:Yep...
Well it's clearing up, still should wait a bit more before putting in plants, the fish are starting to improve....
bruinsbro1997 said:Yep...
Well it's clearing up, still should wait a bit more before putting in plants, the fish are starting to improve....
bruinsbro1997 said:Nah, it's cool dude
Yep, as I put water in w/ a hose I was taking water out with a siphon.
Well the tank is clear, but now I'm afraid to mess with it since there's a big layer of black dirt on top of the substrate and need to finish my HW or else....
I suspect it was those cheap root tabs I got. Shoulda known...
As of now all the cories and the SAE are alive. Down to 5 cards and approximately 7 rasboras.
Ok man, hows it goin?
Ive been thinking about how the hek this happened all day dude...
Can I ask what kind of cheap root tabs you used that made the huge mess?
bruinsbro1997 said:Still cloudy, still dirt on the substrate, still looks like a mess, still dead fish...I'm thinking about downsizing.
API Root tabs. They were about 10 bucks, cheap compared to the 20$ high quality ones.
bruinsbro1997 said:Probably from the disintegration of the root tabs.
The plants do not look in good shape at all. They will need some TLC, which I do not have time for, unfortunately.
And it seems I have killed all but four cardinal tetras. And at this point the LFS has run out of the jumbo ones and are out of stock for a bit. And they were the only LFS where they weren't ich-infected...
And unfortunately buying fish has been postponed, due to circumstances...
So I'm basically just going to have to clean this up and wait it out until Easter to get my fish.
bruinsbro1997 said:Actually, I was thinking about that.
I'm going to wait it out and see how long it will take before the plants start looking like plants again (right now they look like...bowties?)
I'm doing some massive water changes Friday. See if that cleans things up and gets things back on track.
Hopefully...
bruinsbro1997 said:Actually, I don't think I can. The SAE full-grown might not be able to fit in a 30G.
The rest (cories, rasboras, perhaps cards if they survive) will fit.
I am genuinely sorry about your tank's issues. That sucks and losing fish is an expensive problem.Probably from the disintegration of the root tabs.
The plants do not look in good shape at all. They will need some TLC, which I do not have time for, unfortunately.
And it seems I have killed all but four cardinal tetras. And at this point the LFS has run out of the jumbo ones and are out of stock for a bit. And they were the only LFS where they weren't ich-infected...
And unfortunately buying fish has been postponed, due to circumstances...
So I'm basically just going to have to clean this up and wait it out until Easter to get my fish.
Hmm..i forgot about the sae. Oh well.
Hopefully this tank can be cleaned up! Lots of gravel vacs hovering above the surface...try not to kick anything up!
Thanks!I am genuinely sorry about your tank's issues. That sucks and losing fish is an expensive problem.
Honestly, I don't think you should add anymore fish right now anyways though until you have some tank issues sorted out. Hopefully you can resolve it, but since school seems pretty demanding on your time right now anyways, I think that waiting awhile to add more fish is actually a good thing in this case. Once you get everything sorted out, you can add fish again (or downgrade to a smaller tank).
I know its hard, but keep your chin up. You are a dedicated fish keeper and thats not the most common thing. I am sure you will pull the tank through as best as you can.