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Hello, long time lurker, first time poster here. I have a 75 gallon central/south american setup and everything was fine until I redesigned the tank.
I had ignorantly decided that I wanted a huge piece of driftwood but couldn't find one big enough at a store so I went into the woods and got my own. I did everything you're supposed to: cleaned it, de-barked it, and soaked it for 4 months, changing the soak water every week the first month, biweekly the second, and then once the third and fourth month. Everything was ready to go and no less than a week in the tank it started leaching. It wasn't bad at first but even if water changes it slowly turned into what looked like flat coke or very dark tea.
It had to come out. I decided to switch to pool filter sand and rocks. I get it all in the the tank and got the fish back in (had moved them to two 20 gallon tanks I had for the weekend), and now my JD who has never been overly aggressive is now chasing my pink convict (they are same size) relentlessly, to the point I fear he will kill him. Any ideas to stem this aggression? If not, anyone in the Parkersburg, WV area that would want to trade for a spunky 4" JD?
Edit: here is the little guy-
I had ignorantly decided that I wanted a huge piece of driftwood but couldn't find one big enough at a store so I went into the woods and got my own. I did everything you're supposed to: cleaned it, de-barked it, and soaked it for 4 months, changing the soak water every week the first month, biweekly the second, and then once the third and fourth month. Everything was ready to go and no less than a week in the tank it started leaching. It wasn't bad at first but even if water changes it slowly turned into what looked like flat coke or very dark tea.
It had to come out. I decided to switch to pool filter sand and rocks. I get it all in the the tank and got the fish back in (had moved them to two 20 gallon tanks I had for the weekend), and now my JD who has never been overly aggressive is now chasing my pink convict (they are same size) relentlessly, to the point I fear he will kill him. Any ideas to stem this aggression? If not, anyone in the Parkersburg, WV area that would want to trade for a spunky 4" JD?
Edit: here is the little guy-