Please reply on how I can kill off these tiny (Can barely see with eyesight, you need to flash a light in there) bugs. Even if you don't have time to read the full story below.
I have a five gallon fresh water tank, kept at 78 degrees, no filter. All i have in the tank is one black mystery snail. Boring, I know, but I wanted to keep the bioload to a minimum, and I love mystery snails. He's been happily growing and active for 4 months now. I change the water every week, 2 gallons each time. I feed him very little, only a crack off an algae wafer once a day, and I place it in the middle of the tank everytime, making sure it doesn't drift. I make sure to vacuum the middle/front very well every week.
I just tested for ammonia today (2 days after last water change) and it is absolutely at 0, this thing is as clear and light yellow as can be.
This last week I've noticed my snail slow/sluggish and not active much. Finally today, I noticed he didn't eat his tab from last night, and THATS a big no-no. I had a curiosity to flash a light on him (I don't have any light on the tank, just natural light as its near a window), and there they were. I can see these little bug like creatures in my tank, scurrying about. Very small, I didn't notice without the light. Eating his tab too.
I'm convinced they're bad, and that he's on the verge of dying. I've seen these tiny things before. A year ago I had a ten gallon fail, and they were in there too. Last week I stupidly dipped scissors in my 5gal to move a tab of food for my snail, and after I realized these scissors were the same ones I used on my plants for my failed 10gal. Could these bugs survive on the scissors even after at least 6 months of being dry on these scissors in storage? Whatever the case, these tiny bugs are back, and I want them dead. I'm pretty heart broken it looks like my snails going to die, hes not moving in a corner and not eating, please just tell me a way to rid these little bugs to give him some chance, or at least redemption.
I have a five gallon fresh water tank, kept at 78 degrees, no filter. All i have in the tank is one black mystery snail. Boring, I know, but I wanted to keep the bioload to a minimum, and I love mystery snails. He's been happily growing and active for 4 months now. I change the water every week, 2 gallons each time. I feed him very little, only a crack off an algae wafer once a day, and I place it in the middle of the tank everytime, making sure it doesn't drift. I make sure to vacuum the middle/front very well every week.
I just tested for ammonia today (2 days after last water change) and it is absolutely at 0, this thing is as clear and light yellow as can be.
This last week I've noticed my snail slow/sluggish and not active much. Finally today, I noticed he didn't eat his tab from last night, and THATS a big no-no. I had a curiosity to flash a light on him (I don't have any light on the tank, just natural light as its near a window), and there they were. I can see these little bug like creatures in my tank, scurrying about. Very small, I didn't notice without the light. Eating his tab too.
I'm convinced they're bad, and that he's on the verge of dying. I've seen these tiny things before. A year ago I had a ten gallon fail, and they were in there too. Last week I stupidly dipped scissors in my 5gal to move a tab of food for my snail, and after I realized these scissors were the same ones I used on my plants for my failed 10gal. Could these bugs survive on the scissors even after at least 6 months of being dry on these scissors in storage? Whatever the case, these tiny bugs are back, and I want them dead. I'm pretty heart broken it looks like my snails going to die, hes not moving in a corner and not eating, please just tell me a way to rid these little bugs to give him some chance, or at least redemption.