Vinkenoog1977
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Hey guys,
I need some serious help; yesterday, I flooded two tanks, how had been in DSM for about three weeks, so the mosses would attach nicely. I decided to flood after I saw a little bit of the dreaded white fungus in both tanks, on the wood, and attacking some of the Javafern. I removed the affected ferns, cleaned off the wood and the tank in general, and sprayed some liquid CO2, leaving the tank open overnight, and flooding first thing the next day, which was yesterday.
The plants looked fine and healthy, so I flooded, and added half a dozen Amano shrimp in each tank, just to be safe, in case there should be some more of the fungus (had that before, and they dealt with it wonderfully). Well, fast forward 24 hours, and everything looks like utter crap! The Javafern are loosing their colour, going greyish to brown, including the rhizome. The Anubias, both Nana and Petite are looking bad as well; the leaves are loosing colour, going greyish, and are starting to come off the rhizome (rotting). The C. Parva is loosing colour, same as the others, going grey-blue-yellow-ish. I can alsmost see it happening before my eyes, the damage is clearly visible by the hour.
I did a panel, and all the water parameters are spot on, the water was treated with Seachem Prime and Stability, and I dosed EI and EasyCarbo yesterday, plus, there is CO2-injection. And even though the parameters are okay, and the Amano shrimp are going about their business (some have even moulted!), the water smells like rotting plants, as if a regular potted plant had been let to sit in way too much water for weeks, causing everything to rot, it's that same stale smell.
I tried to take a picture with my phone, hopefully you can see some of the discolouration.
24 hours ago, the Anubias and Javaferns were gorgeous lush dark greens. Anyone have any idea what the heck is going on, and, more importantly, if there's a way to stop and reverse this???
Thanks guys!!!
I need some serious help; yesterday, I flooded two tanks, how had been in DSM for about three weeks, so the mosses would attach nicely. I decided to flood after I saw a little bit of the dreaded white fungus in both tanks, on the wood, and attacking some of the Javafern. I removed the affected ferns, cleaned off the wood and the tank in general, and sprayed some liquid CO2, leaving the tank open overnight, and flooding first thing the next day, which was yesterday.
The plants looked fine and healthy, so I flooded, and added half a dozen Amano shrimp in each tank, just to be safe, in case there should be some more of the fungus (had that before, and they dealt with it wonderfully). Well, fast forward 24 hours, and everything looks like utter crap! The Javafern are loosing their colour, going greyish to brown, including the rhizome. The Anubias, both Nana and Petite are looking bad as well; the leaves are loosing colour, going greyish, and are starting to come off the rhizome (rotting). The C. Parva is loosing colour, same as the others, going grey-blue-yellow-ish. I can alsmost see it happening before my eyes, the damage is clearly visible by the hour.
I did a panel, and all the water parameters are spot on, the water was treated with Seachem Prime and Stability, and I dosed EI and EasyCarbo yesterday, plus, there is CO2-injection. And even though the parameters are okay, and the Amano shrimp are going about their business (some have even moulted!), the water smells like rotting plants, as if a regular potted plant had been let to sit in way too much water for weeks, causing everything to rot, it's that same stale smell.
I tried to take a picture with my phone, hopefully you can see some of the discolouration.
24 hours ago, the Anubias and Javaferns were gorgeous lush dark greens. Anyone have any idea what the heck is going on, and, more importantly, if there's a way to stop and reverse this???
Thanks guys!!!
No more trace of the fungus though. 
