huh who knew..

JMLenke · Post by **JMLenke** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:38 pm

Cherry red shrimp are more sensitive then CPD and Amanos..

I decided I really needed to redo the shrimp tank, it was a mess and had gone past the jungle look and straight into what is that??!!

Come to find out that the substrate had gone anaerobic and the whole tank reeked of sulphur..

Managed to save the CPD and Amanos I think..

Stripped the tank, rinsed the gravel for a good 30 minutes or so, replanted and Ill check tomorrow morning to see what happens.

JMLenke · Post by **JMLenke** » Sat May 03, 2008 2:21 pm

well redid the 20 totally, the CPD are stressed but seem to be living, the amanos are wandering around scavenging whatever they can find and hopefully I managed to fix my stupidity.

maddog10 · Post by **maddog10** » Sat May 03, 2008 3:52 pm

Probably only fixed the problem in the tank!

JMLenke · Post by **JMLenke** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:42 pm

Oh Ill always be stupid, I know this.

sherrymitchell · Post by **sherrymitchell** » Sat May 03, 2008 6:58 pm

So how does one keep the gravel from becoming anaerobic??? You can't vacuum a heavily planted tank can you???

JMLenke · Post by **JMLenke** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:12 pm

The top of my tank was COVERED in moss, to the point that there was no flow lower down.

The mulm accumulated and there werent enough plants to take care of the excess nutrients.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:29 pm

JMLenke wrote:Oh Ill always be stupid, I know this.

Actually, that statement proves that you arent. Stupid people don't
know they're stupid - I've got plenty o examples of that at work.

sherrymitchell · Post by **sherrymitchell** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:03 pm

JMLenke wrote:The top of my tank was COVERED in moss, to the point that there was no flow lower down.

The mulm accumulated and there werent enough plants to take care of the excess nutrients.

Do you mean that there was a plant floating on the surface? I'm trying to figure out what you mean by "moss"...... Like java moss?

I have to admit, in heavily planted tanks, I'm a bit nervous about nasties in the substrate, since I can't get in there with the Python and vacuum it.....

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:22 pm

Even if you hover the python over the area and swish it around a little you can get some of the nasty gunk

RTRJR · Post by **RTRJR** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:20 pm

So long as your tank substrate is well occupied with roots, deep anoxia is unlikely. the plants do carry O2 down to their root zone and have some effect on the surroundings. Plus they are extracting goodies from it all the time. Unless of course your planting is very old - old Swords are a mild hazard as they replace old roots regularly and the no-longer active root mass can go bad -to the point of iron precipitation and a bit of sulfide here and there, but I have never had tank issues from it. There are two plants I hate to disturb - Crinums and swords. Just about everything else gets dug up and divided periodically, with the substrate vacuumed well before replanting. For me, that is cleaning enough.

huh who knew..

huh who knew..

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