So all except one of my tanks are sealed pretty tightly because of one thing: cats. The only tank that's not is my 55g planted in the living room. One cat won't jump on it (he's kinda stupid), and the will jump on the lights and drink out of it (no harm, no foul); it's normally a live and let live situation.
That all changed today when I forgot to feed the cats. Now I know what you're thinking, "OH NO, THE CAT GOT A FISH"... nothing so sinister, our cat's don't even have claws. One thing my cat did think would be an easy treat is to pry the door of the auto feeder all the way open. I'm assuming she found out rather quickly that the hole was way to small to get anything out of, so she left it alone.
I come home tonight and see that the tank looks brighter than usual, BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS REFLECTING OFF THE DECAYED FOOD! For the love of crap I grabbed the python and immediately did a 75% water change, and there's still food all over the bottom. I did a count when I was done and some brevis that were inhabiting the bottom where white, the apistos and tetras looked kinda dark, and the angels were awefully still (I know, it's a hodge podge sort of situation), but everyone was at least alive. The water coming out did smell TERRIBLE, though.
Everyone is acting semi-normal and I doubled up on prime to help with any spikes in ammonia and all that goodness. No salt this time, we got plants. I will not be feeding for a while on this tank, and if I do get another auto feeder it won't be drum style; but the kind that has seperated compartments that dump in on a timer.
I hate cats.
That all changed today when I forgot to feed the cats. Now I know what you're thinking, "OH NO, THE CAT GOT A FISH"... nothing so sinister, our cat's don't even have claws. One thing my cat did think would be an easy treat is to pry the door of the auto feeder all the way open. I'm assuming she found out rather quickly that the hole was way to small to get anything out of, so she left it alone.
I come home tonight and see that the tank looks brighter than usual, BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS REFLECTING OFF THE DECAYED FOOD! For the love of crap I grabbed the python and immediately did a 75% water change, and there's still food all over the bottom. I did a count when I was done and some brevis that were inhabiting the bottom where white, the apistos and tetras looked kinda dark, and the angels were awefully still (I know, it's a hodge podge sort of situation), but everyone was at least alive. The water coming out did smell TERRIBLE, though.
Everyone is acting semi-normal and I doubled up on prime to help with any spikes in ammonia and all that goodness. No salt this time, we got plants. I will not be feeding for a while on this tank, and if I do get another auto feeder it won't be drum style; but the kind that has seperated compartments that dump in on a timer.
I hate cats.
