Major food spill

[Spkarim]

Hi

Just had a major food spill into tank when feeder dropped in and opened.

I tried to pull as much food out as I could

Going to do some serial water changes, change 10g or so maybe daily in the 40g breeder. Don’t have any hospital/qt tank.

Would you do differently?

Thanks in advance

 

[Peace River]

Hi

Just had a major food spill into tank when feeder dropped in and opened.

I tried to pull as much food out as I could

Going to do some serial water changes, change 10g or so maybe daily in the 40g breeder. Don’t have any hospital/qt tank.

Would you do differently?

Thanks in advance

What type of food was spilled in the tank (flake, pellet)? Do you have a sump? Any chance that you have an extra canister filter that you could fill with filter floss (or some other type of mechanical filtration media)?

#reefsquad

 

[Spkarim]

Thanks for reply

It was flake food.

I don’t have a sump, but use a HOB filter.

I do have a canister that I am using for a planted tank

 

[steallife904]

your fine. just blow rocks off and stir sand a bit before each water change and do an few within the next couple of days. Get any out of the filter as well.

 

[Retro Reefer]

water change and vacuum out everything you can, extra floss or sock changes over the next couple days and you should be fine.

 

[William Mumford]

Carbon bag if you can put one somewhere.

 

[dbl]

As said, just try to manually remove as much as possible. On the few occasions it's happened to me, I used a net and swirled it around for a while trying to capture as much as possible.

 

[P-Dub]

All the above +1. As a side, I would hold off on the carbon till after you have blown and cleared as much as is possible/visible as the carbon will get clogged up fairly quickly otherwise.

 

[Spkarim]

Thanks everyone for replies

It’s looking better after a couple hours of filtration.

I just panicked for a second when maybe 1/2 cup of flakes was in the tank

Maybe I will skip feeding tonight ( and for a while)!

 

[Potatohead]

I bet the fish were happy tho