[Little bit of info/background]:
I had this 16g tank running, empty, for months. It never had lights on, only sunlight, and I thought it was cycled based on the ammonia/nitrate being none or low. A couple weeks ago my poor clown was dying and I tried to save him, so I put him in this tank (the other one he was in was just not stable and slowly getting worse and toxic). So I was told by a LFS that he couldn’t bring any algae or pests with him and to just get him out of the other tank so I did and I moved him over to this one. He unfortunately didn’t make it though.. That same night, I scrubbed my hermit and snail shells really good with a tooth brush, dipped them in RODI, and put them in this tank. My hermit seems to have died, I don’t know why, but my snail is acting normal.
The weird part is that this tank has looked pristine up until a couple days ago.
[the problem]:
Now all of a sudden, I’m seeing these yellowish patches pop up EVERYWHERE. Ignore the red spots, those rocks came like that. It’s supposed to be beneficial bacteria but who knows lol.
please help me diagnose these yellow spots!! Im seeing my snail shell is getting yellower by the day, there’s tiny sprouts of grass-like algae popping up in some areas, and I’ve never seen anything like this before. There’s also a blue spot in two places and idk what that could be.
[current info/recent changes]:
I did a 1-2 gallon water change 3 days ago.
Last night the ammonia was at .2ppm so I added biospira.
current parameters (as of now):
Temp - 80°
Ammonia - between .2 and 0
Nitrate - between 12ppm and 25ppm
Salinity - 1.025
I had this 16g tank running, empty, for months. It never had lights on, only sunlight, and I thought it was cycled based on the ammonia/nitrate being none or low. A couple weeks ago my poor clown was dying and I tried to save him, so I put him in this tank (the other one he was in was just not stable and slowly getting worse and toxic). So I was told by a LFS that he couldn’t bring any algae or pests with him and to just get him out of the other tank so I did and I moved him over to this one. He unfortunately didn’t make it though.. That same night, I scrubbed my hermit and snail shells really good with a tooth brush, dipped them in RODI, and put them in this tank. My hermit seems to have died, I don’t know why, but my snail is acting normal.
The weird part is that this tank has looked pristine up until a couple days ago.
[the problem]:
Now all of a sudden, I’m seeing these yellowish patches pop up EVERYWHERE. Ignore the red spots, those rocks came like that. It’s supposed to be beneficial bacteria but who knows lol.
please help me diagnose these yellow spots!! Im seeing my snail shell is getting yellower by the day, there’s tiny sprouts of grass-like algae popping up in some areas, and I’ve never seen anything like this before. There’s also a blue spot in two places and idk what that could be.
[current info/recent changes]:
I did a 1-2 gallon water change 3 days ago.
Last night the ammonia was at .2ppm so I added biospira.
current parameters (as of now):
Temp - 80°
Ammonia - between .2 and 0
Nitrate - between 12ppm and 25ppm
Salinity - 1.025