Seachem focus

Reefdiculous22 · Oct 10, 2022

Hello. I was at work and I got home and my wife said my daughter fed the fish while she was in the bathroom, unfortunately it wasn’t fish food it focus . I would say she dumped about 1 tbl spoon or so into the tank. I turned the skimmer up and I turned on the carbon filter. Would this much kill my corals or fish? Thanks in advance

Jay Hemdal · Oct 12, 2022

Sorry - just seeing this now. Any update? Focus is mostly an organic food material that will add loading to your bio filter, but shouldn't cause any real issues is your tank has a good bio filter. It also contains a mild antibiotic. I don't know if that dose of that (Nitrofurantoin) will harm your nitrifying bacteria or not. Either of these issues will cause a rise in ammonia. If you don't see that, you are all good.

Jay

Reefdiculous22 · Oct 13, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
Sorry - just seeing this now. Any update? Focus is mostly an organic food material that will add loading to your bio filter, but shouldn't cause any real issues is your tank has a good bio filter. It also contains a mild antibiotic. I don't know if that dose of that (Nitrofurantoin) will harm your nitrifying bacteria or not. Either of these issues will cause a rise in ammonia. If you don't see that, you are all good.

Jay

Yes. Thank you for your reply. Come to find out it was actually the metroplex that she put in the tank. As of right now everything seems to be doing ok. Do you think it will take a few days to show any negative signs?

Jay Hemdal · Oct 13, 2022

Reefdiculous22 said:
Yes. Thank you for your reply. Come to find out it was actually the metroplex that she put in the tank. As of right now everything seems to be doing ok. Do you think it will take a few days to show any negative signs?

No, I would expect any issue with metronidazole to show in the first 24 hours, but I do think it would be more toxic than Focus would be (gram for gram).
Jay

Reefdiculous22 · Oct 14, 2022

Jay Hemdal said:
No, I would expect any issue with metronidazole to show in the first 24 hours, but I do think it would be more toxic than Focus would be (gram for gram).
Jay

Looks like I dodged a bullet she dumped the majority of the vial in there. Lol