Tide pod challenge

[Elmer]

A couple weeks ago I believe one of my 4 year olds put soap in our 120 tank, nothing died yet but my bubble tip nem looks crazy

 

[Greenstreet.1]

All I can say is WOW!!

 

[Elmer]

All I can say is WOW!!

Almost lost a yellow tail damsel

 

[Elmer]

Other then that everything bounced back

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Looks like you did a good job getting it out with no lost.
Well now you know your corals are clean.

Happy to hear nothing bad came from it.

 

[Elmer]

Looks like you did a good job getting it out with no lost.
Well now you know your corals are clean.

Happy to hear nothing bad came from it.

Squeaky clean

 

[Elmer]

I did a 50% water change the first night it happened then the next day I drove 2 hrs to the lfs bought more salt, came home test my water then waited another day and did a 25% water change.. scooped all the suds out for hours when I noticed it

 

[YumaMan]

Heroic rescue! Tough corals! Good story, happy ending.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

Wow... Nice save.

If you have some, put Purigen as well as Poly Filter pads in to remove any remaining chemical compounds.

 

[JaimeAdams]

Wow, I would have thought that would have been the end to the tank. Great job not having everything die.

Yeah some absorbing media wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

[Elmer]

I put activated carbon in the sump like 2 of those buckets full

 

[Will Perry]

I had something like this happen in the past. My twin nephews thought it would be a great idea to spray frebreeze in the air around my tank... like, an entire bottle. I had a full crash and had to empty everything out and start from scratch.

Edit: Super happy that you were able to save your tank! Seriously, cleaning products in a tank is officially my worst nightmare. Glad everything turned out so well!

 

[hybridazn]

Oh wow! Great save! That's pretty incredible, do you know what kind of soap they put in?

 

[Christopher Davis]

Now that’s how you clean the tank

 

[Ghxst]

Did it kill any algae or bugs?

 

[reefes pieces]

Need to tell us what brand of soap you use. that's the closest thing to being reef safe! lol

 

[chefjpaul]

Nice save.

 

[Denniswbliss]

Wow you and me are very different in a lot of ways. First is your calm and all nice about it. I would be f this f that f f f f f. I didn't read what you did to your 2 year old after this happen. I would have left the house afraid what I would have done to one of my boys. But by saying that I never let them have the opportunity to have access in or around my sump when they were baby's. I had that s#@t on lock down. I commend you for having Patients and not freaking out like I would have. Your great parents and I'm so happy nothing bad happen to your tank. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

[Bill Bolton]

Kids are FUN!!!!
When she was just about a year or so old, my oldest daughter thought it would be lucky to toss pennies in my sump. This was a 40 gallon reef, with the only time I ever bought a complete and total C.U.C. package. Dozens of crabs, snails, sea cuc..... many, many corals..... dead. It must have been a few days that the pennies were in there, but inverts do not handle copper well AT ALL!!

 

[40B Knasty]

Kids are FUN!!!!
When she was just about a year or so old, my oldest daughter thought it would be lucky to toss pennies in my sump. This was a 40 gallon reef, with the only time I ever bought a complete and total C.U.C. package. Dozens of crabs, snails, sea cuc..... many, many corals..... dead. It must have been a few days that the pennies were in there, but inverts do not handle copper well AT ALL!!

Might have been the zinc. A penny is only 2.5% copper. 97.5 zinc.
Good tank save OP.
If you guys have kids. Lock up your sump area. Soap is nothing compared to a drowning. It only takes 2 inches of water to drown.