F15hguy Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 plus if you get a chance, check out how they farm them.... eeeewwwwww :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgurl89 Posted September 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 I defrost the worms but do not rinse them, so I will be doing that from now on, Thanks. All my plants are happily growing away and I am running a blue planet vista serene life (filter is a R60 if that helps). I am happy to report that there are no dead fishys this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 15, 2012 Report Share Posted September 15, 2012 same concept for freeze dried ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgurl89 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 :evil: Phosphates! Went and had them checked and they were off the chart. Thank you everyone for coming to that conclusion for me. I have got a few things to sort it and even a test kit (they should include it in the master test kits I think now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Are you feeding them anything but blood worms? Those worms should be a treat, not an every day feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockgurl89 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 It is not the only thing I am feeding them, they have a very varied diet, was just to show how much they are getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I think you'll find that many people do not think that high phosphates kill fish. Perhaps it was the fluctuating pH levels though other sites would say pH fluctuations are not important as much as the osmotic pressure that goes with differing naturally occurring pH changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 too much of anything will cause harm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 High phospates will not kill fish but they will encourage algae growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 depends where the phosphates are coming from, an extreme reading can be caused by outside contamination, especially from detergents, also if the algae blooms then dies off it can poison the tank as well also it take a heck of a lot of phosphates but it can affect the digestive system of the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 Hard to imagine that this is the case here .. a tank that is just a month old, that was having 3 PWCs a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 yeah but a small amount of a phosphate based detergent (many laundry powders are like this) can do a lot of damage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 16, 2012 Report Share Posted September 16, 2012 I thought the phosphate was no longer in laundry powders and detergents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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