He just dumped what was left of the package in the tank, totally unbeknownst to anyone yesterday. I fed the tank last night too - a few algae wafers for the snails and a pinch for the four pseudomugil furcatus I had.
I woke up to a totally cloudy tank and two dead fish and most of the snails at the top of the water line. I've done about a 90% water change - about 50-60% as soon as I saw the problem and another round about 5 hours later. I've had these fish a few years and really liked them.
I know the little guy did it because there were some nuggets of food around the tank on the stand and a few on the floor. Dang kid! URGH. We had a talk about how the fish get really unhappy if they have too much food and it can make them sick. I didn't want to guilt him about the dead ones, not that he really grasps dead at his age. I try to be so careful to keep things out of his reach. He got it out of the upper door shelf in the freezer. Little stinker!
I woke up to a totally cloudy tank and two dead fish and most of the snails at the top of the water line. I've done about a 90% water change - about 50-60% as soon as I saw the problem and another round about 5 hours later. I've had these fish a few years and really liked them.
I know the little guy did it because there were some nuggets of food around the tank on the stand and a few on the floor. Dang kid! URGH. We had a talk about how the fish get really unhappy if they have too much food and it can make them sick. I didn't want to guilt him about the dead ones, not that he really grasps dead at his age. I try to be so careful to keep things out of his reach. He got it out of the upper door shelf in the freezer. Little stinker!