Originally Posted by
Tanja
Thank you Brian, would you advise that I get a sponge filter, an air stone or both to the quarantine tank? Also the water in their tank is much softer (2 kH, 5 GH) than my tap (8GH, 4 kH) due to the plants consuming a lot of minerals. Should I raise these up to tap water levels in the tank before I put the discus into straight tap water tank? I've been doing small frequent water changes to keep things consistent.
As for the main tank, I would agree that the shrimp might be carriers of something. I grew all of my plants from tissue cultures and every rock and driftwood I put into the tank was sterile in my attempt to avoid these very issues. So I will get rid of the shrimp. What about the rest of the tank? Besides for replacing the substrate, can I keep the stones, driftwood etc.? And I have a fluval fx4 full of biomedia... Will this have to be replaced as well? :'(
Thank you for the link. I assume Diamond Crystals salt pellets from Home Depot would work?