cowgirluntamed
Fish Herder
Ok...I'm no to this stage yet...but I'm beginning to wonder. My tanks at the moment are a 20 gallon, two 10 gallons, and a 5 gallon. Awhile ago I bought some water sprite and water lettuce from two different sellers on eBay. I did not treat these plants and got pests. I believe it was the water lettuce as I put that to try in every tank. It didn't grow well in the two 10s so I took I out. Anyway, the damage was done and pests entered all but one ten gallon guppy tank.(I think....) Anyway, the betta in the 5 gallon died. A baby bristlenose pleco in the other ten gallon died. A guppy in the 5 gallon died(put two in there a month or so after the betta died). And I ended up losing a tetra from the 20 and another is skinny.
Now...I treated the 20 with api general cure and so far so good. I just treated the 5 and left the last dose in a day longer(needs a water change in the morning), because I still saw some creepies in it. Now...I have been watching the ten gallon that has the other bristlenose pleco baby in it(purchased 2) like a hawk. I had originally treated with No Planaria as I thought these were planaria. I didn't see anything for the longest time. Now...creepies are back.
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My plan is to treat this tank with general cure as well. But....if this doesn't work...I want to break this tank and the five gallon down completely and bleach what I can, boil wood, and trash what can't be done(sand substrate mostly). I'm just not sure how to go about breaking them down without contaminating containers that I put the fish in to hold them in temporarily!!
I had this problem after my betta died and had nerite snails in the tank. I treated the tank with snails in and then found the medicine bad for them. I quickly put them in a different container while the treatment continued. Well, the snails didn't seem to get better and then I noticed the creepies all over it!!! I learned they contaminate easily....what I did with the snails is have a second container on hand...and a small bowl. Both with clean, new water. I took them out with my fingers...dunked them in the bowl...then put them in the other container. Then the creepies container I bleached clean. I did this a few times over several days. And it worked!
My problem....how do I do this with fish??? Would it stress them too much to be moved so often?? Or would doing huge water changes for a few days in a row(80% or so) in the tank they are in now work before being moved to break the tank down? I gotta get rid of these things if the medicine doesn't work. I don't want my fish to get sick and suffer and I don't want these things to get into the 55 gallon I'm going to put up soon!!
Now...I treated the 20 with api general cure and so far so good. I just treated the 5 and left the last dose in a day longer(needs a water change in the morning), because I still saw some creepies in it. Now...I have been watching the ten gallon that has the other bristlenose pleco baby in it(purchased 2) like a hawk. I had originally treated with No Planaria as I thought these were planaria. I didn't see anything for the longest time. Now...creepies are back.
. My plan is to treat this tank with general cure as well. But....if this doesn't work...I want to break this tank and the five gallon down completely and bleach what I can, boil wood, and trash what can't be done(sand substrate mostly). I'm just not sure how to go about breaking them down without contaminating containers that I put the fish in to hold them in temporarily!!
I had this problem after my betta died and had nerite snails in the tank. I treated the tank with snails in and then found the medicine bad for them. I quickly put them in a different container while the treatment continued. Well, the snails didn't seem to get better and then I noticed the creepies all over it!!! I learned they contaminate easily....what I did with the snails is have a second container on hand...and a small bowl. Both with clean, new water. I took them out with my fingers...dunked them in the bowl...then put them in the other container. Then the creepies container I bleached clean. I did this a few times over several days. And it worked!
My problem....how do I do this with fish??? Would it stress them too much to be moved so often?? Or would doing huge water changes for a few days in a row(80% or so) in the tank they are in now work before being moved to break the tank down? I gotta get rid of these things if the medicine doesn't work. I don't want my fish to get sick and suffer and I don't want these things to get into the 55 gallon I'm going to put up soon!!
