Husband dropped light in tank: move fish asap?

maevepotter · Dec 9, 2018

My husband just dropped the light into the tank and it sizzled and then popped. He did a quick 50% water change and then when I saw what had happened I said we needed to get the fish out right away so we've caught her and ready to put her in another tank. Am I right in thinking that I should do this because of the metals that would have leached out? Also crabs and snails in there

Frtdrmrose7 · Dec 9, 2018

What kind of light was it?

Reefing Madness · Dec 9, 2018

You got the light out of the tank fast enough that no metals would have leached into the water.

Flippers4pups · Dec 9, 2018

maevepotter said:
My husband just dropped the light into the tank and it sizzled and then popped. He did a quick 50% water change and then when I saw what had happened I said we needed to get the fish out right away so we've caught her and ready to put her in another tank. Am I right in thinking that I should do this because of the metals that would have leached out? Also crabs and snails in there

If it wasn't in there long, shouldn't be a major problem. Water change and some GAC will help.

maevepotter · Dec 9, 2018

It was an incandescent light above a QT tank.

DrewBrees713 · Dec 9, 2018

Time for a new husband

maevepotter · Dec 9, 2018

DrewBrees713 said:
Time for a new husband

He does all the water changes right now. LOL.

maevepotter · Dec 9, 2018

I'm going to move her because I really don't trust it. There goes my fallow tank. I think I'll have to start taking the @PaulB approach. I didn't have ich, I was doing it out of caution.... but I'm disappointed. But she's been in QT since Oct 13 and has showed no sign of sickness. I could put her in my fish only display, but our original plan was to put her in the 40b first because she's the most timid fish (sailfin blenny). We have a linear blenny who is much more active that we were going to add next. I don't think it would be a great move to put her in with our bully dottyback in a 29g. Thoughts?

John A!10 · Dec 9, 2018

maevepotter said:
It was an incandescent light above a QT tank.

Incandescent can be bad if in for a long time happened once while I was away and crashed my tank. I then switched to LED and they have fallen a ton of times with no harm.

laverda · Dec 9, 2018

Unless a bulb broke in the tank or something I would not worry about it at all. No reason to even do a water change.

4FordFamily · Dec 9, 2018

Reefing Madness said:
You got the light out of the tank fast enough that no metals would have leached into the water.

Agree. You’ll be fine

maevepotter · Dec 9, 2018

The bulb did break in the tank. We've moved her.

MnFish1 · Dec 10, 2018

maevepotter said:
My husband just dropped the light into the tank and it sizzled and then popped. He did a quick 50% water change and then when I saw what had happened I said we needed to get the fish out right away so we've caught her and ready to put her in another tank. Am I right in thinking that I should do this because of the metals that would have leached out? Also crabs and snails in there

Why?