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06/07/2020, 07:54 AM | #1 |
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RBTA'S spawning?
Woke up today with cloudy water and the tank smelling like dead fish.I have a tank with 30 plus RBTA'S.All of my fish are accounted for and i see there are no anemones shredded on any powerheads.Could the RBTA'S spawn and caused the water be cloudy.Have not seen this happen before.
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06/07/2020, 02:52 PM | #2 |
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Yes, it could.
I had female clones spawn in my 65 gallon tank a few years ago. Kevin
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06/07/2020, 03:48 PM | #3 |
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06/07/2020, 03:56 PM | #4 |
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Truthfully, I don't remember. But, since it's a dump of a lot of organic matter into the tank that immediately begins to decompose, I wouldn't be surprised by the smell you describe.
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06/30/2020, 11:50 AM | #8 |
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Yup, RBTAs can spawn and will cloudy the tank just like in the pics above.
your tank has 30 nems? If there was a mass spawn event, the tank could definitely start to smell like death depending on the water volume. large water change, wet skim, carbon will help. i recently had a mass spawning as well, but i only have about a dozen, and they are in 300gallon display, so impact of the spawn was diluted. no smell. |
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