Matchu
Fish Fanatic
Hey, I was planning to set up a dp tank a few months ago, but got round to it the other day - thing is I'd left the cactus compost in a bucket of water when I was first doing it, to let it seperate.
when I came to put a layer of it in the tank, it smelt kind of sulphurus which I didn't think was right at the time, but I assumed that some hardy zebra danios wouldn't mind it. So I shoved some sand on top, then a few plants and left it to settle before adding the danios.
I added two danios from my established tank, (they'd been used to cycle that) so I'd had them for about 15 months - one went missing the first day, I've no idea where to. And then the 2nd one I found floating at the surface a couple of days later. I don't have any testing stuff as I've never needed it, but I checked the temp everyday and all that.
So do you think my compost is the cause??
when I came to put a layer of it in the tank, it smelt kind of sulphurus which I didn't think was right at the time, but I assumed that some hardy zebra danios wouldn't mind it. So I shoved some sand on top, then a few plants and left it to settle before adding the danios.
I added two danios from my established tank, (they'd been used to cycle that) so I'd had them for about 15 months - one went missing the first day, I've no idea where to. And then the 2nd one I found floating at the surface a couple of days later. I don't have any testing stuff as I've never needed it, but I checked the temp everyday and all that.
So do you think my compost is the cause??
rule out the possibliities and what ever is left - no matter how improbable - is the probable.
