Help please. Emergency!

[boacvh]

I inadvertently switched my DOS to on instead of auto. Dumped a good amount of 2 part into aquarium. I am doing an emergency wc. But what else can I do to help correct? My pH shot up and my all as well. Hanah showing 20 alk. Ph 8.6.
Thanks! (What an idiot I am! )

 

[boacvh]

Bump. Anyone?

 

[Phlynamjax]

Maybe some carbon?

 

[NewGoby]

To lower PH you can dose vinegar or carbon dioxide - for alk you can do 2 things - a waterchange, every day 15% for 3-5 days should do the trick, or let it drop naturally (i'd go the Waterchange route - if you do that, PH should resolve itself during that aswell)
Make sure you measure PH & alk every day, before your waterchange

 

[boacvh]

Maybe some carbon?

Thanks. How much should I use? In a reactor I assume?

 

[boacvh]

To lower PH you can dose vinegar or carbon dioxide - for alk you can do 2 things - a waterchange, every day 15% for 3-5 days should do the trick, or let it drop naturally (i'd go the Waterchange route - if you do that, PH should resolve itself during that aswell)
Make sure you measure PH & alk every day, before your waterchange

Thanks. Will try this! Hopefully I just didn't kill everything.

 

[NewGoby]

Thanks. How much should I use? In a reactor I assume?

Carbon won't take out ph or alkalinity

 

[NewGoby]

Thanks. Will try this! Hopefully I just didn't kill everything.

You should be fine, you could even do a 25-30% waterchange if you have the water on hand - just make sure to drop the PH slowly - as a large shift in PH is imo more dangerous than such a large shift in alk

 

[fishguy242]

water changes monitor,kh too high,

 

[boacvh]

Carbon won't take out ph or alkalinity

Ok thanks.

 

[boacvh]

You should be fine, you could even do a 25-30% waterchange if you have the water on hand - just make sure to drop the PH slowly - as a large shift in PH is imo more dangerous than such a large shift in alk

Ok will keep that one monitored. I did a 30% wc abd I am making water for another 30 right now. I will do that second 30 slowly then. Thanks so much!

 

[dwest]

Yes, water changes are your best friend here. I’ve done something similar with kalk. I lost many sps but everything else came through. Good luck.

 

[lapin]

Club soda will bring down ph

 

[fishguy242]

try 5 gals an hour or so

 

[jelazar]

How much and what kind of livestock do you have in your tank? Depending on your livestock, you may not have to do anything, or you may have to do a lot.

- Are your fish in distress? If there's only a few critters, I would remove them to a 5g bucket with new water, or some other kind of holding tank.

- A sudden jump to 15 dKH may kill your acropora, if you have any.

- If your tank is reasonably small and high alk is a problem, I would do a large water change instead of trying to tweak alk back into range.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Water change today and tomorrow

 

[boacvh]

How much and what kind of livestock do you have in your tank? Depending on your livestock, you may not have to do anything, or you may have to do a lot.

- Are your fish in distress? If there's only a few critters, I would remove them to a 5g bucket with new water, or some other kind of holding tank.

- A sudden jump to 15 dKH may kill your acropora, if you have any.

- If your tank is reasonably small and high alk is a problem, I would do a large water change instead of trying to tweak alk back into range.

I have a 75g. I have 15 fish. Most of them small, gobies etc. Only my foxface is large.
I cant see any of them, the water turned white. Here is a pic.
After the emergency WC alk is at 12. The vinegar dropped pH to 8.2.
Hopefully I can avoid a total crash.
(What an idiot!)

 

[fishguy242]

disregard 5 every hour for now, do another 20 gal as soon as mix clears ,go from there ..watch ph

 

[boacvh]

disregard 5 every hour for now, do another 20 gal as soon as mix clears ,go from there ..watch ph

Ok. Will do thanks.

 

[boacvh]

Update: water has cleared up a bit. Ph is now range bound after the water changes. I also can see many of the fish. They are hiding in their caves but I don't see them breathing fast or with any noticeable distress. I can see some of the corals too. Most retracted. Except my gsp which is completely open.
I do see a lot of precipitation on the rocks and glass. No surprise since I turned the water to milk. Any additional things I need to do for that?

Well, staying optimistic. Maybe this is the emergency I needed to graduate from total noob to intermediate... A heart attack later.
Thanks everyone for the help. This site really is a fantastic community.