I've been away on vacation for 2 weeks, and left a neighbor to look after my 3 tanks.
My small (30G) tank has been completely overfed, and all but one fish in it are dead. (Does anyone want a molly?). About 1/2 container of NLS Cichlid pellets used in the 2 weeks.
Pretty upset by this (lost 5 cardinal tetra, 5 rummy nose, 2 blue rams, 1 glass catfish and 1 molly), and the plants look pretty unhealthy too.
Would anything be salvageable from the tank, or would it be best to just tear down it down and start again?
I had the same thing happen to me. Left the feeding to my teenage son for a month. But I tried to rescue what I could and after a time everything was back to normal. One tank was completely coated with blue green algae. I've never before or since seen something so completely covered as it was. Not a single thing that didn't move could be seen. Rocks, wood and plants. In one spot the blue green algae had actually begun to grow a column straight up. The filter inflow and outflow pipes were blocked and there was only the slightest water movement...... Yah, chuck it all and start again.
Last summer we went away for a week and I left the feeding on all my tanks to these bad boys...with no issues. I highly recommend getting something similar, especially if you have expensive fish. As for the tank I would probably start over.
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I`m so sorry to hear of your tank loss Martin.
Not seeing the plants etc, I would tend to do some large water changes over the next couple of weeks with some aggressive vacuuming of the substrate bed, your plants should rebound.
Errol
There were a few plants which still looked alive - the rest seemed to be rotting - lost their structure, melting, etc.
Decided to empty it and put it into storage for now. Might start afresh next year. (Still got 2 tanks going, so this might be a way to cure my MTS)
Thanks for the help
Martin
I came home to a similar issue - on my prized tank. Argh! The dilemma. I'll try my hand at salvaging it all - plants are alive but just all covered in gunk and hair algae. Challenge accepted. Good thing i only had minimal livestock losses.
Does anyone know if Big Als will take unwanted fish? The remaining Orange molly is currently living in a bag in my saltwater sump (so the water stays warm, but unsalted). I don't want to set up a tank for one fish, and my 2 remaining tanks are unsuitable (saltwater and tanganyikan).
Alternatively, does anyone want an orange molly - he's a survivor :) I am in Greely but could deliver locally (Barrhaven/South Ottawa, etc)
Generally they will take rescues if they have space
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