Jake Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 What happens to your fish (if anything) if you OD on aquarium plant food? :oops: We accidentally put way too much in, so frantically changed about 100L of the water (480L tank) - but - did we need to panic? Would our fish have suffered if we'd left it and just done the usual water change in a couple of days? Just for future reference.... We have Discus, Black ghost knife fish, pleco's, neons Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 As long as your fish are not showing signs of stress, and you do a water change, IME it is ok. Just check your nitrates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 SWEEET!! Thanks so much for that! Breathing normally now We're gonna have plenty more questions however..... Tank has only been going for about 3months now. LOVE HAVING FISH!!!! lol Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naz_Nomad Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Depends on the plant food. You can overdose on Flourish Excel but if the fish start rising and gasping, you change some water to lower the concentration. I would assume it's the same with almost all pour-in plant food. So you did right, like VisionMassif said. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 It's Api (Aquariuam Pharmaceuticals) Pro-Series 'Leaf Zone' - if that means anything....? Thank YOU 2 for replying! We changed the water - and no gaspers as yet....we'd be able to tell straight away ay? Or should we watch it for the next couple of days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaffen Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I know Leaf Zone has iron, and according to my test kit, higher than 0.5 mg/l is considered too much. All it mentions is "irregular fish behavior", what ever that means... You might want to google around to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 overdosing with most plant foods acan be disaster waiting to happen. catfish are the worst of with overdosing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 We got told by a pet shop in Lower Hutt to double dose with flourish excel to get rid of the black hairy tufts of algae that started on the plants and is now on the wood.... We have flying fox's to assist with that algae issue as well...and are actually on the hunt for a Rusty Pleco as have been advised that they love that stuff (any1 know of any of these Pleco's available?) So.... we should NOT be double dosing Flourish Excel to get rid of algae cos it may harm discus - is that correct? Any other cool Pleco's that can nail it? 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I've got discus and serious algae (the black beard stuff), have been advised to go 1 1/2 doses each time and see if that helps or even try double. Told to watch the discus, if they start coming up for air its too much for them and do a quick water change. Mine are fine at 1 1/2 x the dose but unfortunately so is my algae. Whats another name for the rusty plec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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