Sharkbait
01-21-2011, 03:03 AM
It was a hard night tonight...
During the afternoon, I did my usual fish routine (ferts, food, metricide, etc.)
I had dinner with the wife and went over to her mom's place cause she's housesitting.
I come home...and nearly my entire tank was nuked.
I lost 5 discus, 2 large clown loaches that I've had for 3 1/2 years, and a small school of cardinal and rummynose tetras (about 20). Ironically enough, no guppies died.
I don't know what happened...it was a usual routine, but my fingers are pointing at the metricide. After I came home, I rushed and did crazy water change. I managed to save a young discus and one of my clown loaches. If only I was home sooner, I probably would have been able to save them all (that's what hurts the most).
Tested the water....it was all normal.
C02 wasn't dumped, running normally.
I got this new bottle of metricide recently. Before this I used Metricide14. This other bottle was Metricide28 (my wife works at a dental office and orders this stuff in all the time). I was curious about it because of the 28...thinking that it was TWICE the strength. I checked the labels and it seemed to match with the previous bottle that I had been using for a while, so I dosed my normal amount.
I think it's time for a break. We really don't have the money right now to restock. There are still guppies, gouramis, a lonely krib and clown loach, and two bushy plecos. I just feel terrible. I'll sleep on it for a night.
But for anyone who uses metricide...I know it's an alternative to excel, and it HAS worked for me in the past...I just don't know what happened.
During the afternoon, I did my usual fish routine (ferts, food, metricide, etc.)
I had dinner with the wife and went over to her mom's place cause she's housesitting.
I come home...and nearly my entire tank was nuked.
I lost 5 discus, 2 large clown loaches that I've had for 3 1/2 years, and a small school of cardinal and rummynose tetras (about 20). Ironically enough, no guppies died.
I don't know what happened...it was a usual routine, but my fingers are pointing at the metricide. After I came home, I rushed and did crazy water change. I managed to save a young discus and one of my clown loaches. If only I was home sooner, I probably would have been able to save them all (that's what hurts the most).
Tested the water....it was all normal.
C02 wasn't dumped, running normally.
I got this new bottle of metricide recently. Before this I used Metricide14. This other bottle was Metricide28 (my wife works at a dental office and orders this stuff in all the time). I was curious about it because of the 28...thinking that it was TWICE the strength. I checked the labels and it seemed to match with the previous bottle that I had been using for a while, so I dosed my normal amount.
I think it's time for a break. We really don't have the money right now to restock. There are still guppies, gouramis, a lonely krib and clown loach, and two bushy plecos. I just feel terrible. I'll sleep on it for a night.
But for anyone who uses metricide...I know it's an alternative to excel, and it HAS worked for me in the past...I just don't know what happened.