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Some of you know I have a batch of kribs growing. Last week I moved them from a 10G breeder into a 33G long that I got from Kole and painted the back in black. I set it up with white sand and a brand new 2073. Nice setup actually, I really like it. I used filter media from other tanks, and since they had a sponge filter in their 10G, I also put the sponge around the intake to make it safe for them. All was good.
Well I've been losing a couple of them pretty much every day. My pH was a bit higher than in the breeder, so at first I thought that's what it was and I did a couple of water changes and removed some rocks I had in there. But I couldn't see them dead in the tank so after a few days I checked inside the 2073, emptied it completely, but found nothing. So the mystery went on. This morning I had only 14 left, from the 33 I moved and from the 23 I had last night. I opened the filter again and realised that I hadn't looked under the blue foam in the top canister the first time around. Guess what. I found their little bodies there. So sad.
And I'm so mad at myself. Such a beginner mistake.
Now I put a piece of panty hose over it, and the sponge on top. The remaining 14 won't have any more trouble with that. But what a ##[email protected]# I am.
Well I've been losing a couple of them pretty much every day. My pH was a bit higher than in the breeder, so at first I thought that's what it was and I did a couple of water changes and removed some rocks I had in there. But I couldn't see them dead in the tank so after a few days I checked inside the 2073, emptied it completely, but found nothing. So the mystery went on. This morning I had only 14 left, from the 33 I moved and from the 23 I had last night. I opened the filter again and realised that I hadn't looked under the blue foam in the top canister the first time around. Guess what. I found their little bodies there. So sad.
Now I put a piece of panty hose over it, and the sponge on top. The remaining 14 won't have any more trouble with that. But what a ##[email protected]# I am.