Accidental dosing of dish soap

[Jayanels455]

I accidental dose my 40g cube AIO with dish soap. The how IMO isn’t important, but what do I now is. The first thing I did is 15 gallons water change. What else should I do. The four clownfish aren’t looking very good. Thanks

 

[count krunk]

i think the how is what we all want to know!

Mistakes happen, don't beat yourself up to hard. I am thinking a wet skim and carbon? A carbon reactor to absorb as much as possible.

How much dish soap did you dose in to the tank? Any corals? Are 4 clowns the only fish?

 

[Big G]

I'd pull the fish into a QT, bucket, etc. with fresh saltwater while cleaning up the tank water.
For the tank:
Add extra O2 with a bubbler or powerhead aimed up at the surface.
Run carbon to remove chemicals.
Do another water change later today and tomorrow.

 

[JoshO]

I'd pull the fish into a QT, bucket, etc. with fresh saltwater while cleaning up the tank water.
For the tank:
Add extra O2 with a bubbler or powerhead aimed up at the surface.
Run carbon to remove chemicals.
Do another water change later today and tomorrow.

Could look like a bubble bath by the end!!

 

[KrisReef]

How much dish soap went into the 40 gallons? For how long?

 

[Jayanels455]

i think the how is what we all want to know!

Mistakes happen, don't beat yourself up to hard. I am thinking a wet skim and carbon? A carbon reactor to absorb as much as possible.

How much dish soap did you dose in to the tank? Any corals? Are 4 clowns the only fish?

The mistake happened when I was looking for a bowl to defrost some food for my rock flower. We have a 14 month old that is still drinking milk three times a day. So we have a special brush that sits in a bowl that we have several of them. ( bowls). The dish soap dips from the brush into the bowl. While I was looking for a bowl I found the bowl around same area here we hand clean the dishes. So I thought it was a clean bowl since the brush wasn’t with it.

 

[Big G]

While in the QT, I'd strongly consider treating the fish with methylene blue. It helps the fish to transpire O2 which the soap is probably hindering.

 

[Big G]

Could look like a bubble bath by the end!!

Well, they'll be real clean. Poor fish.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

We all make mistakes! Sending a prayer up for you and your fish!

 

[jsvand5]

I’d just do a large water change now. By large I mean close to 100%. Then be done with it. I doubt you’ll really have much of a longterm problem.

 

[Jayanels455]

Well so far one orange storm hasn’t made it.

 

[Cwentz758]

I mean if Dawn is safe on ducks why isn’t it safe on fish? Lol

serious note the advice above is best. Water change, carbon, skim. Your fish in fresh bucket of saltwater with a bubbler and heater may be less stressful for a few hours until the DT is clean

 

[slojim]

I did something similar once in a fish only tank. Had a cheap skimmer that i cranked up as much as i could while preparing water. I did a few consecutive heavy water changes until the skimmer stopped foaming. lost some sleep but no fish.

 

[slojim]

But it may be faster ro set up a bucket of known good water like cwentz says.

 

[fishbulb]

Ha, I did something similar several months ago. I dumped a full cup of bubble bath into the tank by accident. I make fake snow solution for the holidays each year and store it in old gallon containers of distilled water. I accidentally tossed that into the tank thinking it was distilled water. The skimmer went nuts for half a day and I collected the waste into bucket. I lost absolutely nothing. Everything made it through just fine.

 

[fishbulb]

Here's a sad pic of the mess. You'll be fine.

 

[SMSREEF]

Agree with above and 5 gallon bucket of new water to put the fish in. It will give you some time to figure out the tank issue.

im so sorry for the loss of your orange storm.

 

[jsvand5]

Well so far one orange storm hasn’t made it.

You definitely need to do a larger water change. Your tank will handle a very large water change fine. Even if you don’t have RODI to use.

 

[Jayanels455]

Another fish has passed. A mocha storm.

 

[fishbulb]

Oh I'm really sorry to hear that. It's odd to me that they reacted so negatively to dish soap but my tank was completely OK. Again, sorry to hear that. Yeah, just do water changes as quickly as you can . Do you have enough RO/DI on have to do a 100% WC? If you are really losing fish rapidly, even a 100% WC with dechlorinated tap water might be worth a try.

Good luck,
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