my son poured the fish food in the tank

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

what should i do i used a fish net to skim most of it out. any other sugestions?

 

[TLM4x4]

do a MAJOR water change while stirring it up with your hand alot so most of it is sucked out in the water......good luck!

and Hello to my neighbor!

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

i just changed out 17gals yesterday!!!!!!!!!!! I guess ill pray the crabes eat whats left and check the ammonia levels often and do another water change if things go bad.

 

[wayne]

You've likely done enough - my son has done this before - it's not the end of the world, assuming you have a relatively stable system

 

[KahluaZzZ]

http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Prime.html

 

[dbacksrat]

i went over to my friend's uncle's house last week--his little cousin poured a whole can of fish food into his uncle's tank--the house smelled like something had died a thousand times....the tank was a nice dark gray color...and all the bristleworms were on the top layer of sand: all of em were dead

 

[S.Reef]

Thats not as bad a guy that comes into my store had his son dump a bowl of cereal in his fish tank....killed his rays and shark

 

[aresgod]

god I am glad I don't have kids...

 

[KahluaZzZ]

and the poor kids just wanna help...

the cereal accident makes me laugh..can't help it

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

well its been 24hours and all seems well. I bought a new carbon media to help absorb some of the bad stuff i will test the ammonia tomorrow and see how that is. I will keep you all posted

someone should invent a sort of lock for the tank lid.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

good luck man

 

[dbacksrat]

someone should invent a sort of lock for the tank lid.

you could probably figure some way to install some sort of padlock to your hood--you would need a full hood w/ a ring on the tank's rim and the hood for the lock....you would also need to make sure there are no other openings

 

[wayne]

Why don't you find out how long it takes for organics to mineralise to ammonia? There is no way anyone dumping a whole can of food in a tank should cause an utter wipeout unless the system is horribly overloaded/badly maintained. You have several hours to try to filter/syphon out the stuff. If you pay any attention to your tank this really sohuld not wipe you out.
I wouldn't expect to get it all out, and I'd expect a bit of a spurt in algae growth but really......

Some peoples tanks seem to crash at anything - what does that tell you - badly maintained, unbalanced, overcrowded.

 

[RYANRODRIGUEZ]

well i guess everything is just fine. all tests are good and fish healthy and tank is crystal clear again. I guess the carbon did the trick or at least helped.

 

[KahluaZzZ]

yeahhhhhh...

 

[rohnds]

My 2yr old son purs half can of fish food into our 55 gallon SW tank and none of the livestocks died. I have also found Hot Wheels in my FW tank and other toys.

Rohn