Today the bloom had started to go - YAY!!!!
But....
Stanley has fungus growing on his fins and the start of an ulcer just in front of his dorsal fin so I took the decision to treat him with Esha 2000 anyway. I took the lid off his tank and was hit by the stench of rotten eggs!!
So. Out came the snails. They have moved to the QT (I'm never sure if the T represents the Tine of quarantine or tank?!?!
) and Stan's tank was syphoned and refilled, water treated, esha 2000 added, blah, blah,blah.....
The snails are loving it in their new warm (28*C - to speed along the nitrogen cycle) tank and i've posted a photo of my Sulawesi snail as it is the first time since i got him that he has a) moved very much and b) not climbed straight out of the water!!!! He is gorgeous!!!!
I have popped some spinach and some blood worm in there for them and the filter was run in my 54 litre tank for two weeks then soaked in filter sponge squeezings too and I added 10ml of Quick Start for good measure!!!!
I did wonder though, and seeing your comment about lime scale Biff am still wondering if the rocks i have in Stans tank are causing a problem with the water. I collected them on the beach in Whitstable a couple of years ago. Then they lived on the rockery in the garden for a year then they were boiled and soaked in salty water, then rinsed in tap water before going into Stans tank. They have now started to go black, having started out being a sandy colour. I don't know what the rocks off the kentish coast are but could they be significant to the bloom???
Anyway, here is the photo of my snail.
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Oh, by the way Biff I have internal filters in all my tanks with sponge media.