trianglekitty
Fish Crazy
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Earlier today I did my usual biweekly water change. I also installed a snail trap, which I've never used before, and used the included tablet as bait.
About five hours later I decide to turn on the lights and see if the trap had caught anything. No snails in the trap, and all of my guppies were sitting on the tank bottom and appeared to be breathing heavily. The tablet in the trap had broken down into a fine powder that was seeping out and clouding the water.
I immediately pulled the trap and did a 75% water change. At this point the fish are more active and swimming about, though some seem bloated (they were probably going to town on the food particles seeping out of the trap). I'm preying I don't lose anyone overnight.
Now, I know my betta sleeps...is it possible my guppies were just sleeping? It was several hours after their usual 'lights out' time and since I've never turned the light on at night, I don't know what their normal behavior is after dark. Could the food in the trap cause an ammonia spike so quickly? I didn't think to test the water before I did the change, I was too busy panicking.
I'm just trying to figure out what happened here...any thoughts would be great.
About five hours later I decide to turn on the lights and see if the trap had caught anything. No snails in the trap, and all of my guppies were sitting on the tank bottom and appeared to be breathing heavily. The tablet in the trap had broken down into a fine powder that was seeping out and clouding the water.
I immediately pulled the trap and did a 75% water change. At this point the fish are more active and swimming about, though some seem bloated (they were probably going to town on the food particles seeping out of the trap). I'm preying I don't lose anyone overnight.
Now, I know my betta sleeps...is it possible my guppies were just sleeping? It was several hours after their usual 'lights out' time and since I've never turned the light on at night, I don't know what their normal behavior is after dark. Could the food in the trap cause an ammonia spike so quickly? I didn't think to test the water before I did the change, I was too busy panicking.
I'm just trying to figure out what happened here...any thoughts would be great.