Doser dumped a gallon of all for reef in 120 SPS tank

[dpoltsdsu]

Hello All

Welp my Jebao doser dumped a little less than a gallon of all for reef in my 120 gallon reef tank. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to do? I’m trying to see what LFS have saltwater near me to do a large water change. Anything I can do in the meantime.

UGH

 

[mfinn]

Water change and carbon is all I can think of.
Had a similar situation.
Had about a quart and a half get dosed in my 66 gallon.
Lost most of the euphyllia.
Zoanthids, blastos, and favias survived.
A chalice that I thought was dead before came roaring back.

 

[Miami Reef]

@Randy Holmes-Farley

 

[Spare time]

A big water change is all you can do

 

[dpoltsdsu]

I figured thanks all. Doing a large water change now with the water I do have

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Rising alk is the biggest concern, IMO. It might get to more than 50 dKH if you did nothing, although it wouldn't since precipitation of calcium carbonate will kick in.

Water changes are best, but a pain.

You can also lower alk a bit with an acid, but it will really drive pH very low for any significant alk drop.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

You'd want to use the lowest possible alk salt water you can get.

 

[piranhaman00]

I only keep enough solution in each of my dosing containers for 3-4 days max, this way if something get stuck on there is minimal issue. Yes it’s more work but less stress.

 

[dpoltsdsu]

Did a 30 gallon water change last night with what water I had and doing another 30 right now.

Oddly enough, the tank seems totally normal today. All my SPS have their polyps out. My Magnifica and Maxima clam are out as well and look good. Really strange

Also no precipitation at all yet

 

[dpoltsdsu]

Alk test at 14.9 this morning

 

[bobnicaragua]

I would keep doing water changes.

 

[piranhaman00]

Ehh you should probably do nothing and let it come back down naturally.

 

[MrGisonni]

Another water change. I would go natural seawater if you can. My NSW tests at 7.5 alk. Or do what @Randy Holmes-Farley mentioned and use a mild acid. Keep at it though.

 

[dpoltsdsu]

Quick update. Ended up doing a lot of large water changes and had the levels come back down naturally. So far there have been zero losses of any SPS. We’ll see if this holds up but they actually never even showed any signs of stress. Pretty strange.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

What happened with respect to alkalinity?

 

[MantisShrimpMan]

@dpoltsdsu & @mfinn

What dozers were you guys using? And was this a TOTAL dosing unit screw up or was it even remotely an excusable mistake / partial user error?

Reminds me of this:

My Honest Opinion About The Dosetronic

Ok so I was looking for something different for dosing my Red Sea ABCD color program and decided what the heck, let me give the Dosetronic a shot. I was using an inexpensive CoralBox WiFi doser that I decided was time to retire (has it's own set of concerns) and invest in something that I...

www.reef2reef.com

I’m currently trying to figure out what doser to buy and stories like this TERRIFY me.

 

[mfinn]

@dpoltsdsu & @mfinn

What dozers were you guys using? And was this a TOTAL dosing unit screw up or was it even remotely an excusable mistake / partial user error?

Reminds me of this:

My Honest Opinion About The Dosetronic

Ok so I was looking for something different for dosing my Red Sea ABCD color program and decided what the heck, let me give the Dosetronic a shot. I was using an inexpensive CoralBox WiFi doser that I decided was time to retire (has it's own set of concerns) and invest in something that I...

www.reef2reef.com

I’m currently trying to figure out what doser to buy and stories like this TERRIFY me.

Mine was a diy mistake. It was a disaster looking for a place and time to happen.

 

[dpoltsdsu]

What happened with respect to alkalinity?

The max it hit was 14.9, and that was a day and an half after this happened and after about a 40% water change with salt testing at 8. I did 30% water changes the next two days as well and it went down about .5 - .7 everyday until it hit 10 which is where I’m keeping it currently. I’ll very slowly bring it down to 8 over the next month or so where I usually keep it.

 

[dpoltsdsu]

What happened with respect to alkalinity?

The max it hit was 14.9, and that was a day and an half after this happened and after about a 40% water change with salt testing at 8. I did 30% water changes the next two days as well and it went down about .5 - .7 everyday until it hit 10 which is where I’m keeping it currently. I’ll very slowly bring it down to 8 over the next month or so where I usually keep it.

 

[CBonito]

Did a 30 gallon water change last night with what water I had and doing another 30 right now.

Oddly enough, the tank seems totally normal today. All my SPS have their polyps out. My Magnifica and Maxima clam are out as well and look good. Really strange

Also no precipitation at all yet

You got lucky. The cool thing about AFR that I've observed is that it's slower acting unlike if you dosed two part. It always seems to take a bit of time to react. Of course that's in my own normal dosing, but it might mean something...