BTA got sucked into powerhead overnight!!

[shoelaceike]

My BTA got ducked into my powered last night....completely mangled, water is a little cloudy and corals don't look great..

I added more carbon, and will do a 30% water change once the tap water heats up.

Anything else I can do?

 

[DonTavo27]

How big is your tank?

 

[brandon429]

Don’t run lights on high, all insults are better re ramped for sure. Bleach reduction

cut intensity about half

 

[shoelaceike]

Don’t run lights on high, all insults are better re ramped for sure. Bleach reduction

cut intensity about half

I could just turn the lights off

 

[shoelaceike]

How big is your tank?

100 gallons....I'm heating 30 gallons now

 

[brandon429]

considering the money spent on the system of that size id buy or borrow another canister filter somehow to pack with more carbon, and change out the media after a few hours running don’t leave the initial batch in line.

i leave my lights off on insult days too occasionally. Recent one was me forgetting to plug in heater after water change, darn cold reef corals mad two hours later, no light day. Sun only comes up to drive machinery on nice days.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Transfer powerhead to a container and removed mangled BTA- not in the tank to reduce cloudiness and odors.
Siphon tank of all and any particles from BTA and add Chemipure blue to the sump which will polish the water and reduce any chances of toxins. If you have filter socks, they will help in trapping fine particles from the nem.
You could also run to Wmart and get a cheap habg on pwer filter which will help polish ater and entrap and material from the nem and it also has carbon in the cartridges.

 

[shoelaceike]

considering the money spent on the system of that size id buy or borrow another canister filter somehow to pack with more carbon, and change out the media after a few hours running don’t leave the initial batch in line.

i leave my lights off on insult days too occasionally. Recent one was me forgetting to plug in heater after water change, darn cold reef corals mad two hours later, no light day. Sun only comes up to drive machinery on nice days.

I have a canister....good idea

 

[brandon429]

surgically remove any adhered shredded feet from it etc, siphon up bits if possible I’m sure you already have done that or are about to with the water change

 

[shoelaceike]

surgically remove any adhered shredded feet from it etc, siphon up bits if possible I’m sure you already have done that or are about to with the water change

I don't see any bits in the water....I did have an anemone guard but he got in there anyway...

 

[shoelaceike]

And I have to use tap water....not even close enough RO....

 

[shoelaceike]

Good news is someone has another BTA for me so assuming my tank makes it through this, my clowns will have a home again

 

[brandon429]

I can’t think of anything better than carbon for the compounds in suspension maybe team will add more options, wonder if changing skimming to very wet vs dry will help?

 

[shoelaceike]

I can’t think of anything better than carbon for the compounds in suspension maybe team will add more options, wonder if changing skimming to very wet vs dry will help?

Skimmer is not up yet...tank was set up 5 days ago

 

[shred5]

Polyfilters everyone should have these just incase of something like this or run them full time.

 

[brandon429]

side note: am willing to bet you had no trouble cycling this tank

 

[shoelaceike]

Polyfilters everyone should have these just incase of something like this or run them full time.

I actually have this....should I use it?

 

[shoelaceike]

side note: am willing to bet you had no trouble cycling this tank

It was just a transfer lol

 

[shoelaceike]

Went ahead and added polyfilter....also have lots of carbon running....

Should I still do the water change with tap water?

 

[brandon429]

Yes, nice job team

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