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On_a_dishy
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I have:
Basic hardware (note - no second 'hospital' tank)
1 x 34L Fluval Flex tank, cycled
2 buckets - I'm thinking one of these could briefly house my fish/shrimp whilst I completely change their tank
1 x water heater and thermometer (could go into the bucket motel)
All the cleaning stuff (gravel cleaner, siphon tube, net, brushes etc)
The Fluval filter and media (sponges, charcoal, the media, rudimentary baffle sponges over the ferocious Fluval exit spout)
In the tank
Soil, and plants which are not thriving
Gravel
A lovely bit of dragonstone but which offers no secret places for my betta or shrimp
A floating betta hide
4 beautiful marimo balls
Gravel and a handful of large pebbles
1 x betta
6 x cherry shrimp
1 x 0.1g treatment of Panacur which I could not dissolve effectively and so which is sprinkled like icing sugar (I have 3 x 1g packets, each containing 222mg fenbendazole) I've removed the charcoal.
On its way from the US (I live in the UK) API General Cure
Little white worms which are floating around and sometimes attaching themselves to the glass.
Now, I know the white worms are probably detritus, but I don't want them - I know they can be beneficial but, well, I don't want them. I'm also fed up with trying to encourage my plants to thrive - they don't. They did in my large 245L, but I officially give up aquascaping with live plants as of now.
I'd like to change to:
Sand substrate (never had this before - I'm thinking it'll be easier to clean and less likely to harbour mess)
Keeping the decor (I might change the dragonstone for something more fun for my betta) BUT only after having nuked it all with panacur and flubendazole
No plants
A worm-free tank
Can I do all this without having a second tank to house my betta and shrimp whilst I nuke the Fluval tank with bleach and a thousand rinses and the filter/media with panacur (fenbendazole) and flubendazole? I've got the weekend coming up and lots of resolve!
The only impossibility to achieving this I think would be the ability of worms to survive a single immersion into a fenbendazole/flubendazole cocktail.
Sorry - this is a crazy long post, but I know you all like to have the information! Can I achieve a complete deep clean and killing of everything except my bacteria and fish in one weekend without a second tank?
Basic hardware (note - no second 'hospital' tank)
1 x 34L Fluval Flex tank, cycled
2 buckets - I'm thinking one of these could briefly house my fish/shrimp whilst I completely change their tank
1 x water heater and thermometer (could go into the bucket motel)
All the cleaning stuff (gravel cleaner, siphon tube, net, brushes etc)
The Fluval filter and media (sponges, charcoal, the media, rudimentary baffle sponges over the ferocious Fluval exit spout)
In the tank
Soil, and plants which are not thriving
Gravel
A lovely bit of dragonstone but which offers no secret places for my betta or shrimp
A floating betta hide
4 beautiful marimo balls
Gravel and a handful of large pebbles
1 x betta
6 x cherry shrimp
1 x 0.1g treatment of Panacur which I could not dissolve effectively and so which is sprinkled like icing sugar (I have 3 x 1g packets, each containing 222mg fenbendazole) I've removed the charcoal.
On its way from the US (I live in the UK) API General Cure
Little white worms which are floating around and sometimes attaching themselves to the glass.
Now, I know the white worms are probably detritus, but I don't want them - I know they can be beneficial but, well, I don't want them. I'm also fed up with trying to encourage my plants to thrive - they don't. They did in my large 245L, but I officially give up aquascaping with live plants as of now.
I'd like to change to:
Sand substrate (never had this before - I'm thinking it'll be easier to clean and less likely to harbour mess)
Keeping the decor (I might change the dragonstone for something more fun for my betta) BUT only after having nuked it all with panacur and flubendazole
No plants
A worm-free tank
Can I do all this without having a second tank to house my betta and shrimp whilst I nuke the Fluval tank with bleach and a thousand rinses and the filter/media with panacur (fenbendazole) and flubendazole? I've got the weekend coming up and lots of resolve!
The only impossibility to achieving this I think would be the ability of worms to survive a single immersion into a fenbendazole/flubendazole cocktail.
Sorry - this is a crazy long post, but I know you all like to have the information! Can I achieve a complete deep clean and killing of everything except my bacteria and fish in one weekend without a second tank?