Rock work fell!

[FTLTim954]

I was doing a little work done on my tank, dipping corals to be exact. Pretty much all my rock work fell and had a ton of sediment through the tank. Is there anything I should do to help the fish with stress and help the tank overall after the collapse? Thanks!

 

[Brad Miller]

Nope, all is good, let the dust settle and buy them all a beer
Oh, and by the way, you may want to check out a few threads on how to anchor, drill and insert rods, cement, attach or glue your rockwork.

 

[P-Dub]

Depends on your system design. Can you give us some input? If you have a sump and filter socks just keep changing the socks every couple of hours. Also if there is a way to introduce more O2 to the water column like a powerhead with an air venturi on the intake, I would do that also. Other than that, let it ride...

 

[FTLTim954]

I have a pretty simple setup. Wet dry filter with filter floss 2 layers, chemipure blue and elite, e shops s-120 skimmer, jbao return pump. 2 powerheads in the tank

 

[P-Dub]

Just keep changing out the floss.

 

[Erica-Renee]

Locate all your fish to insure nobody is trapped

 

[FTLTim954]

Good idea. Thanks guys!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Bottled bacteria or seachem prime.

 

[Pinback]

agree with above on changing floss. also take readings. keep close eye on everything.

have you accounted for all livestock?

 

[MnFish1]

I was doing a little work done on my tank, dipping corals to be exact. Pretty much all my rock work fell and had a ton of sediment through the tank. Is there anything I should do to help the fish with stress and help the tank overall after the collapse? Thanks!

check out how to make a water polisher with a pop bottle and a pump (maxi jet, etc) powerhead. its simple and it will help clear the debris - which is not a bad idea - but if you do nothing its fine too

 

[FTLTim954]

All the fish are there. Just tested the water and everything seems to be fine.

 

[wesman42]

I had the SAME exact thing happen, except I had rods and cement glueing together the rocks.

It doesn't matter if you glue them or not it seems. I had Marco cement, aquaforest glue...and fiberglass rods.

Basically all mine split right in half or into 3 million little pieces. My entire scape has been turned into fragments and rubble.

There were no weaknesses in the glue or anchor points just the rocks themselves.

Drilling compromised mine waaaaaay too much.

When you submerge the rock, there's constant hydrostatic pressure on the rock, and the glue holding them together. It's a matter of time before any method fails really.

So unless you're gluing a ton of small rocks together into a large one, I'd not recommend drilling or cement.