Fish dead

JasonM38401 · Mar 31, 2013

Ok, so my 2 year old got ahold of some finger nail polish and got it in my carpet. My wife took fingernail polish remover and got it out of the carpet. This was right in front of my tank. I was at work, when I walked in the house the smell was just overpowering. I looked in my tank and 4 of my fish was dead. Could this have been because of the vapors?

Jason Martin

.AcroKiller. · Mar 31, 2013

Was the sump and the skimmer close to were the spill happened?

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jcdeng · Mar 31, 2013

if you say the smell is overpowering, then yes, very possible because there is a constant exchange between the air and water surface in the room where your tank resides. At this point, I won't go and bash your wife about it, whats done cannot be undone, and you don't want to make her resent your hobby even more.

I would just do a larger than regular wc and when you are preparing the water, put carbon in the tank. After everything is calm down, educate your kids and wife about using chemicals around the tank, just for future disaster prevention (you know, when the wife feel the need to wipe down everything with bleach around your tank one day).

Reefing Madness · Mar 31, 2013

JasonM38401 said:
Ok, so my 2 year old got ahold of some finger nail polish and got it in my carpet. My wife took fingernail polish remover and got it out of the carpet. This was right in front of my tank. I was at work, when I walked in the house the smell was just overpowering. I looked in my tank and 4 of my fish was dead. Could this have been because of the vapors?

Jason Martin

Yup. The vapors will get into the tank and pretty much take of everything.

fragmatic · Mar 31, 2013

ummmh.. and....and those vapors of that acetone didn't do your wife and kid any good either. I bet the cat was smart enough to leave the scene, if you have one.

Reefing Madness · Mar 31, 2013

fragmatic said:
ummmh.. and....and those vapors of that acetone didn't do your wife and kid any good either. I bet the cat was smart enough to leave the scene, if you have one.

DOH.

Dowtish · Mar 31, 2013

jcdeng said:
if you say the smell is overpowering, then yes, very possible because there is a constant exchange between the air and water surface in the room where your tank resides. At this point, I won't go and bash your wife about it, whats done cannot be undone, and you don't want to make her resent your hobby even more.

I would just do a larger than regular wc and when you are preparing the water, put carbon in the tank. After everything is calm down, educate your kids and wife about using chemicals around the tank, just for future disaster prevention (you know, when the wife feel the need to wipe down everything with bleach around your tank one day).

+1 great advice

JasonM38401 · Mar 31, 2013

Yea I did and I have been running carbon also. What's done is done, but man it sucks to see 5 dead fish and so e Duncan heads and polyps and other stuff dead.

Jason Martin

Dana · Mar 31, 2013

Any chance nail polish ended up in the sump?

kwandrsn · Apr 1, 2013

Man sorry to hear that

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solar · Apr 1, 2013

Sorry to hear that.
Always a bad day when mass genocide happens.

JasonM38401 · Apr 1, 2013

No it was one the door and all in the carpet right In front of the tank. I just hope it doesn't kill my corals.

Jason Martin

JasonM38401 · Apr 1, 2013

Well gmoney I guess you know why I didn't make it to the boro...

Jason Martin

shellynjason · Apr 1, 2013

So sorry to hear this Jason.

dwilliams87 · Apr 1, 2013

That sucks Jason! Sorry to hear about that.

gmoney243 · Apr 1, 2013

JasonM38401 said:
Well gmoney I guess you know why I didn't make it to the boro...

Jason Martin

Yup dang that sux bro. I wouldnt have thought that would hurt your tank as my wife does her nails on the couch nxt to my tank all the time. Not to mention i burn insense all the time.

pickupman66 · Apr 2, 2013

Mike, I hope incense is all you burn.

JasonM38401 · Apr 2, 2013

Yea, it was a full bottle they used. My son had nail polish all over my carpet. They used a full bottle to get it up. Yea it really sux!!!!

Jason Martin

Dave3112 · Apr 2, 2013

I wouldn't go blaming the nail polish or remover or whatever so fast. I have always cleaned my aquarium glass with windex and I spray it directly on the glass. I use the plug in room fresheners. Heck I have even flea bombed the house when I first moved in with a tank running. Although I did turn the pumps off and covered the tank with a sheet. I'm not saying that gas exchange CAN'T hurt stuff in your tank but I would look at other things also. 5 fish in a day is a lot to lose that fast.

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