Yesterday something very sad and disturbing happened to my maxi mini tank. I just wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has had the same experience since I have no idea how this happened.
I’ve had this tank going for over a year and it’s been stable until last night. It’s a ten gallon all in one with a kessil light. Everyone has been happy until yesterday. Last night hubby noticed that it was “snowing “ in the tank. It looked like a snow globe that had been shaken up. Within minutes the snow flakes turned into an oily looking fog. I saw that the maxis were spitting out “smoke” from their mouths and so I did several aggressive water changes and added a carbon sock to try and flush out the contaminant. I flushed the entire volume of water through several times. Unfortunately it was too late. Every one of my maxis melted away within an hour or so. I’m utterly devastated and have no idea what got into the tank. Has anyone else had something like this happen? We don’t use chemicals around the tanks, I don’t have air fresheners or candles in the house since I have birds too. The only thing I can think is that maybe an insect landed in the tank...? Other than that I can’t imagine what happened.
I’ve had this tank going for over a year and it’s been stable until last night. It’s a ten gallon all in one with a kessil light. Everyone has been happy until yesterday. Last night hubby noticed that it was “snowing “ in the tank. It looked like a snow globe that had been shaken up. Within minutes the snow flakes turned into an oily looking fog. I saw that the maxis were spitting out “smoke” from their mouths and so I did several aggressive water changes and added a carbon sock to try and flush out the contaminant. I flushed the entire volume of water through several times. Unfortunately it was too late. Every one of my maxis melted away within an hour or so. I’m utterly devastated and have no idea what got into the tank. Has anyone else had something like this happen? We don’t use chemicals around the tanks, I don’t have air fresheners or candles in the house since I have birds too. The only thing I can think is that maybe an insect landed in the tank...? Other than that I can’t imagine what happened.