View Full Version : limestone poisoning
monkoman3
10-25-2009, 8:52 AM
ok so i have a 5 gallon tank with a betta and 5 ghost shrimp. i decided one day that the tank looked too bland, so i decided to get some rocks for the tank. i went to my lfs and saw the prices and said forget it. i went in my backyard and got some rocks. i put them all together and it looked spectacular. but now sadly my shrimp have been dying off one by one. and now my betta is slowly dying. i immediatly removed my betta from the contaminated water and put him in a bowl with some fresh water. he is now almost constantly on his side on the bottom of the bowl , but hes still alive cuz i see him go up to the top to breathe. but when he does he has alot of trouble staying at the surface. is there anything i can do? i already took the rocks out.
ayra321
10-25-2009, 8:57 AM
have you sprayed your yard with any fertilizer,insect repellent/piosion,etc.?
thats what i always worry about when putting things from my yard in my tank.
monkoman3
10-25-2009, 8:59 AM
umm no not that i know of...
ayra321
10-25-2009, 9:08 AM
do your nieghbors?,there might have been runoff from thier yard.
if not that i dont know what it could have been,they could have changed the ph of your water,have you done any tests?
ayra321
10-25-2009, 9:09 AM
maybe you should do a waterchange to get most of whatever may be in the water out.
monkoman3
10-25-2009, 9:09 AM
only for ammonia and ph again im broke so i cant really afford a new test kit
ayra321
10-25-2009, 9:13 AM
oh,then i suggest doing a waterchange cuz at the moment it seems to be your bet option at the moment