My 3 year old daughter decided to feed the fish after I feed them before I left for the store and the wife calls me to tell me she dumped half a bottle of food in the tank I just got back home. What is the best way to handle the situation. Any help would be great.
Tank emergency
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steve&mari
Blessed Reefer
Big water change stir the water up good to get stuff floating to be removed. Then I'd test after a few and possibly another later tonight or tomorrow.
Stephanie11
Fragaholic
I just went through this.
You need to get as much food out.
Big water changes.
Gfo Carbon.
Turn lights off for a few days. When they go back on ramp them up slowly.
My 2 year old dumped a full bottle of lps pellets into the frag tank. I was lucky. I lost some corals, but saved a lot. I did bleach about 10 corals in there. Tank is stable now, I started introducing frags back. No algae growth. Water is still too clean.
You need to get as much food out.
Big water changes.
Gfo Carbon.
Turn lights off for a few days. When they go back on ramp them up slowly.
My 2 year old dumped a full bottle of lps pellets into the frag tank. I was lucky. I lost some corals, but saved a lot. I did bleach about 10 corals in there. Tank is stable now, I started introducing frags back. No algae growth. Water is still too clean.
bevo5
Well-Known Member
Prime will also help with the ammonia. You can dose prime and do the water changes. Just make sure you're putting in water that matches well with temp and ph etc. otherwise you'll end up causing more issues.
I don't think you have to worry about it. Just stay on the tests and water changes.
I don't think you have to worry about it. Just stay on the tests and water changes.
Yea I just did a 50% water change and cleaned out as much as the food that I could get. Also moved my rocks around to get what I could. Should I remove my sponges out of the filter and rinse them out and put them back in or just leave it alone. Also I only have on my moon lights. Should I turn them off also
bevo5
Well-Known Member
I wouldn't rinse the sponges. Part of the problem with these situations is that people over clean the tank which is another great way to cause ammonia spikes. You see it more in freshwater tanks where you don't depend on the love rock. But still - your sponges will have some good bacteria in them. Since you siphoned up the sand I'd personally leave the rest alone for now. Then change out later once you're done with any ammonia spikes. Your next issue will be nitrates.
