I have spilled a glass of soured milk into an invert quarantine. PLease advise

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Milk ingredients = water, fats, proteins, natural sugar, natural bacteria, enriched VitA+D..... I really dont think it's an immediate toxin to your tank

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.....I'm more interested in the back story on how it all happened
 
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Approximately 40l quarantine, about 50ml of old milk. Tank water is qcloudy, nassarious very active. Carbon has been added, seachem prime and stabiity has been added. Getting ready to do a large water change
 

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At least 1/2 tank water change and add GOOD grade carbon to the water flow (chemiPure) will work well
 

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I honestly have no idea if this is bad or what you should do. That being said I would just scoop the inverts out put them in a bucket or even a cup if its just snails and THEN figure out what to do. Take a scoop of water from your display.
 

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Approximately 40l quarantine, about 50ml of old milk. Tank water is qcloudy, nassarious very active. Carbon has been added, seachem prime and stabiity has been added. Getting ready to do a large water change

Welp,
Let's keep our fingers crossed that the spilled milk is non-toxic.

Otherwise:
For inverts, I'd be testing to see if your nitrates stay low.
 
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Thanks everyone - nothing *seems* dead so I’m hoping that a few more WC’s and I can stop panicking (maybe)

for those who want to know it’a not quite the thrilling horror story you’ll be expecting. My invert QT is a flat under bed storage box in the floor next to my nightstand. I had a glass of milk the stewed on my nightstand for two nights (sorry..). Got some new inverts to add to it, Lid comes off and I start acclimatising. Between adding water I decide to clean up ... la Dee daa I spill the glass of milk all over the table, carpet, quarantine and behind the night stand . So now I’ve got some cloudy water and snails, a room smelling off spoiled milk And a hatred of life
 

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I dont think the milk would be toxic, but to be on the safe side do a large water change. I'd be more concerned with a bacterial bloom that could use up all the oxygen. I'd drop an air stone and make sure you have good surface agitation to keep oxygen in the water.
 
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