You wouldn't believe it. I was baby sitting a friends child (10 years old) over night. She woke up early, and at sometime in the morning I suspect she put a handful of fish flakes into our 65 litre fish tank (instead of a pinch) without asking or knowing how to feed fish.
I looked at the tank at about 1pm briefly and it looked fine. When I arrived back home at 11pm I immediately noticed the water was extremely cloudy! Strange because the day before I did a 20% water change and everything was fine. Closer inspection I noticed white stuff on all our plants and the tiger barbs were extremely bloated, looked like they were going to burst. I called my wife over as we tried to work out what happened. I thought it was an algae bloom or something.
Then we noticed fish flakes all over the floor. We decided to do a 20% water change and tried to suck up the layer of crap on the plants. It was a sick site as all those white flakes got stirred up in the water. We went to bed not knowing what to do....
The barbs look a little less full this morning, but the tank is extremely dirty. Going to the lfs when it opens to get the water tested.
Awaiting further instructions.
I looked at the tank at about 1pm briefly and it looked fine. When I arrived back home at 11pm I immediately noticed the water was extremely cloudy! Strange because the day before I did a 20% water change and everything was fine. Closer inspection I noticed white stuff on all our plants and the tiger barbs were extremely bloated, looked like they were going to burst. I called my wife over as we tried to work out what happened. I thought it was an algae bloom or something.
Then we noticed fish flakes all over the floor. We decided to do a 20% water change and tried to suck up the layer of crap on the plants. It was a sick site as all those white flakes got stirred up in the water. We went to bed not knowing what to do....
The barbs look a little less full this morning, but the tank is extremely dirty. Going to the lfs when it opens to get the water tested.
Awaiting further instructions.