Hey all......
Just wanna post this so maybe no one else will make the same mistake I did. I keep 12 tanks and about 200 fish and have been in the hobby about 8 years.
Anyway, I have a 20G high which about 6 months ago I placed under a 55G on a wrought iron stand. I was using the tank to growout 20 Labidiochromis Mbamba fry. But because of the height of the 20 there wasnt ideal access into the tank. Add that to the fact that placing the tank so low to the ground made gravity less than helpful trying to siphon and do water changes. This is the only one of my tanks that I sometimes need to resort to using a bucket. I normally will clean the gravel/sand in my tanks when I do water changes, however this substrate had become pretty packed down (apparently trapping the gas). Well, last week I moved the tank to a pedestal in the corner of my fish room & did a water change. After only about 10 seconds I saw some large bubbles coming out of the substrate. No more than 30 seconds after that every fish in the tank was dead. 6 months wasted. I'd consider myself an experienced hobbyist who rarely loses fish. I'm sure most of us have heard of anaerobic bacteria. Well, I can vouch for the fact it is real....So if I can help someone else not make the same mistake.........
The good news is that Mbamba female is holding again......
Just wanna post this so maybe no one else will make the same mistake I did. I keep 12 tanks and about 200 fish and have been in the hobby about 8 years.
Anyway, I have a 20G high which about 6 months ago I placed under a 55G on a wrought iron stand. I was using the tank to growout 20 Labidiochromis Mbamba fry. But because of the height of the 20 there wasnt ideal access into the tank. Add that to the fact that placing the tank so low to the ground made gravity less than helpful trying to siphon and do water changes. This is the only one of my tanks that I sometimes need to resort to using a bucket. I normally will clean the gravel/sand in my tanks when I do water changes, however this substrate had become pretty packed down (apparently trapping the gas). Well, last week I moved the tank to a pedestal in the corner of my fish room & did a water change. After only about 10 seconds I saw some large bubbles coming out of the substrate. No more than 30 seconds after that every fish in the tank was dead. 6 months wasted. I'd consider myself an experienced hobbyist who rarely loses fish. I'm sure most of us have heard of anaerobic bacteria. Well, I can vouch for the fact it is real....So if I can help someone else not make the same mistake.........
The good news is that Mbamba female is holding again......
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