Hello
I recently set up a 3 gallon nano tank to house 4 CPDs, a few assassin snails, and RCS
I went through the following process:
I rinsed Seachem Flourite Black Sand thoroughly, then added a thick layer to the tank, added Seachem root tabs. I then put in some rock work and driftwood, supergluing the wood to rocks to help it stay down while it saturated with water.
I then ordered some plants online. (Italian val, hornwort, Money wort, Amazon sword, Amazon flame sword, crypto bronze, dwarf hairgrass, dwarf baby tears
I filled gently as I planted, then added a heater set to 74F, then added some liquid ammonia and waited to cycle the tank
I waited weeks until I read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, <10ppm nitrates
during this time I kept the lights on 6-8 hours a day, injected co2, and doses liquid fertlizers from Seachem
Once I had everything established and cycled, I ordered the fish to my LFS and I reces 2 make and 2 females adolowscabt CPDs, 7 small red cherry shrimp, and 4 assassin snails (the plants I ordered had pet snails on them). I drop acclimated the livestock, added them, and everyone was healthy and happy eating well. Nitrates stayed low.
But now, In just over a week, I have had lots of dead plant matter, all shrimp have died, one CPD got ich, then two of them died
I have a horrible god-awful smell in my aquarium (even before the dead bodies),the remaining CPDs won’t eat, and overall it just looks to be in poor condition
I am at a loss as to what I did wrong.
thoughts?
I recently set up a 3 gallon nano tank to house 4 CPDs, a few assassin snails, and RCS
I went through the following process:
I rinsed Seachem Flourite Black Sand thoroughly, then added a thick layer to the tank, added Seachem root tabs. I then put in some rock work and driftwood, supergluing the wood to rocks to help it stay down while it saturated with water.
I then ordered some plants online. (Italian val, hornwort, Money wort, Amazon sword, Amazon flame sword, crypto bronze, dwarf hairgrass, dwarf baby tears
I filled gently as I planted, then added a heater set to 74F, then added some liquid ammonia and waited to cycle the tank
I waited weeks until I read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, <10ppm nitrates
during this time I kept the lights on 6-8 hours a day, injected co2, and doses liquid fertlizers from Seachem
Once I had everything established and cycled, I ordered the fish to my LFS and I reces 2 make and 2 females adolowscabt CPDs, 7 small red cherry shrimp, and 4 assassin snails (the plants I ordered had pet snails on them). I drop acclimated the livestock, added them, and everyone was healthy and happy eating well. Nitrates stayed low.
But now, In just over a week, I have had lots of dead plant matter, all shrimp have died, one CPD got ich, then two of them died
I have a horrible god-awful smell in my aquarium (even before the dead bodies),the remaining CPDs won’t eat, and overall it just looks to be in poor condition
I am at a loss as to what I did wrong.
thoughts?