Never doing that again.
I've been battling black algae spots on my slow growing plants, so I thought I'd try the excel method. So yesterday I turned off the filter, piped some excel over the worst areas, let sit for about 20 min, and turned everything back on. Last night I noticed some of the fish looked a little distressed, so I did a 25% water change and increased aeration. I lost one old serpae tetra, but otherwise the other fish seemed improved by bedtime.
Checked on them first thing this morning, and at first they seemed ok. No more losses. Then over the course of an hour, I started loosing fish one by one. Did a 50% water change but lost 8 fish total. There's 6 left now, 2 of which look in a bad way. I'm keeping an eye on them now, and will do another big WC if needed.
I'd much rather have algae than dead fish. So ya'll can add me to the "bad fishkeeper" list today. Ug. :headshake2::cry:
Surprisingly, the winners in this mass extinction event seem to be a pair of geriatric diamond tetra. Tough old farts.
I've been battling black algae spots on my slow growing plants, so I thought I'd try the excel method. So yesterday I turned off the filter, piped some excel over the worst areas, let sit for about 20 min, and turned everything back on. Last night I noticed some of the fish looked a little distressed, so I did a 25% water change and increased aeration. I lost one old serpae tetra, but otherwise the other fish seemed improved by bedtime.
Checked on them first thing this morning, and at first they seemed ok. No more losses. Then over the course of an hour, I started loosing fish one by one. Did a 50% water change but lost 8 fish total. There's 6 left now, 2 of which look in a bad way. I'm keeping an eye on them now, and will do another big WC if needed.
I'd much rather have algae than dead fish. So ya'll can add me to the "bad fishkeeper" list today. Ug. :headshake2::cry:
Surprisingly, the winners in this mass extinction event seem to be a pair of geriatric diamond tetra. Tough old farts.