Situation - empty tank following a mystery illness. (Done lots of reading and cant come up with a consistent answer for what it could have been so focusing on moving on now)
We don't want to put new fish in the tank if they could succumb to a bug lurking in there. Equally we're reluctant to throw everything away from a cost perspective.
The tank is still running for now although we understand the filter bacteria will die off without any fish in there now.
So...
We don't want to put new fish in the tank if they could succumb to a bug lurking in there. Equally we're reluctant to throw everything away from a cost perspective.
The tank is still running for now although we understand the filter bacteria will die off without any fish in there now.
So...
- What can be safely disinfected and kept? We have gravel, live plants, a rock, and a chunk of mopani wood. The filter is sponge and ceramic rings.
- What's the safest method of disinfecting these types of things in your experience?
- This might be a really stupid question but I'll ask anyway - is there any way we could we keep the tank set up? For example is there anything we can add to the water to disinfect the tank with, without harming the plants, or can we just wait for a few weeks to allow whatever this mystery thing was to die off/expire etc? Or are there aquatic nasties that can keep going without fish?