Planeria, Overdoses and Everything is Dead!

Sep 3, 2010
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Ok I need to know when I can re-introduce fish into my tank!

So here is the brief story:

1. Found planeria
2. Added 2 spoons of "No planeria"
3. Realised their spoons are smaller than mine!
4. Levels go sky high tank goes cloudy
5. Tank levels out after 3 days of 50% changes
6. one week later I disturb the sand
7. All fish except Siamese fighter die within 6 hours

So now I have:

1. Put last fish in another tank
2. Changed sand for gravel
3. Cleaned whole tank
4. Cleaned stones and weed
5. Kept filter in tank water for hour while I cleaned everything

So now, I need to know when can i add fish again? I am scared that if I go too long that the bacteria in the filter will die. On the other hand my nitrites shot up before everything died.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Rob
 

Apr 1, 2006
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Oh my, sorry to hear that, Stupid chemicals,

Am i right in saying cloudy water could be a bacterial bloom? if the chemicals killed the bacteria i mean, couldn't they be trying to colonise again?

It may be neccesary to act as if cycling a new tank, the fighter should be ok in there though, as long as levels are checked now and again.
 

Sep 3, 2010
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It was cloudy because i added a product called no planaria. It never stated "The spoon provided" etc then it was only after i used it that i realised there was a tiny plastic spoon free in the packet but buried in the product.

Sad times
 

Apr 1, 2006
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Aha i see.. At least that means there's more chance of the bacteria being ok, but you can't really be sure i don't think...

Probably best to proceed as normal but with caution. What killed the barb could be equally as fatal to bacteria.
 

nanu156

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you have another tank running correct??? take that filter and give it a good swishing in your tank try to get as much goop out of that filter and into the "new" tanks water as possible, hopefully it's enough to turn it brownish, or brown

Run the filter till the filter in the new tank sucks up all the goop, then add fish but go slow.

In the future chemicals designed to kill things... they kill things.... so I would advise that you don't treat snails, planeria or algae with chemicals. There are solutions that are chemical free.

Planeria will die off pretty fast if you stop feeding your fish and do some water changes, your fish eat them and they have a short life span they won't reproduce if there isn't an abundance of food.
 

Sep 3, 2010
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Added my Siamese Fighter last night, also a platty which I had in another tank.

Todays tests show:
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrite 0.25ppm
Nitrate 40ppm

Does this mean I should stop adding fish or do you guys think the slightly raised nitrite level is not a concern considering?

Thanks

Rob