Fish Tank Turning to Fish Cemetary! Help!

[WyldFya]

Take the plant out and trash it. You cannot bleach plants in a strong bleach solution. That plant will not come back. Without leaves, it has no ability to photosynthesize. Plants, especially heavy root feeders like echinodorus (what you have) and anubias, cannot be left in rockwool and baskets.

 

[Otherone]

Ya I was kinda wondering why you used bleach in the first place.......it's a heavy detergent containing acids that kill on contact.

 

[NUMB3RS]

I had Black Beard Algae which wouldnt go away unless the bleach method was used.

 

[WyldFya]

What concentration did you use? How long did you dip them for?

 

[NUMB3RS]

I only dipped them for 1-2 minutes and I took them out and rinsed them repeatedly with dechlorinated water.

 

[frogman5]

pour prime in it

the owner at an lfs i go to had the same problem he just about the fourth of a bottle of prime in his tank and in a few minutes teh fish were fine if u have prime i recommend u do the same

 

[wow_it_esploded]

Ya I was kinda wondering why you used bleach in the first place.......it's a heavy detergent containing acids that kill on contact.

Not a detergent, and it does not kill on contact. The main thing with bleach is it kills flesh and suffocates the fish, also burns them and leaves them there for secondary infections.

Bleach is a wonderful thing and a powerful cleaning product. I use it extensively for filter media, old tanks, fake decor, rocks I have collected, and anything else that is going into my tank. As long as it is rinsed well you have no problems. You do not need to dry it out, unless you are worried. After it is dried then all that is left is pure salt, which is what bleach ends up as when dried.

You must be careful with porous materials (driftwood+bleach makes me cautious) because they can absorb bleach and release it later.

I have even used it in tank. Moved all the fish to a separate container, along with all my sponge filters (I used to have 2 in the sump and 12 running in the pond, for occasions like this) and ran about 12 cups of bleach in my tank. No more snails! I hate malaysian trumpet snails, btw.

 

[NUMB3RS]

Im going to add the prime right now but i dont think im going to pour in 4th of the bottle seems much.

 

[likestofish]

Ya I was kinda wondering why you used bleach in the first place.......it's a heavy detergent containing acids that kill on contact.

Bleach is not a detergent it is also not a acid its a base. It is used to disinfect but if you ammonia is at 0 thats really odd. Because bleach has ammonia in it.

 

[Jag1980]

Plants don't like bright colored substrate, they will die.