Stupid kids

Backto6 · Feb 16, 2020

So I went to work at 3.30 and no one told me anyone was throwing a party so I left home and all my medicine by my QT. I came back and a group of children broke my glass lid and let it fall in the tank. All fish were fine but then they dumped my whole bottle of keneplex and left it in the tank So I'm doing a water change. Will althis negatively impact my fish in any other way?

IAReefer · Feb 16, 2020

Do a decent water change and run some carbon. Obviously remove the glass too

xxkenny90xx · Feb 16, 2020

Ugh kids are the worst people ever.... Jk, I'd blame whoever was supposed to be watching them... I'd do a very large water change for sure

fishguy242 · Feb 16, 2020

yep wchange carbon

TheShrimpNibbler · Feb 16, 2020

That really stinks. I think you’ve taken the right steps so far though. Do the water change and then run some carbon. I’m really curious how old the kids are and what they were thinking though.

slayertx · Feb 16, 2020

Should be fine if you do a water change and run your skimmer on max. Short term the most dangerous part is the ammonia. However good news is our tanks naturally fix that. You will probably see a spike in nitrates in the end and the inside of the glass will look fantastic (kidding). Hopefully the water change and skimmer take out the dyes and other chemicals.

fishguy242 · Feb 16, 2020

update?

Backto6 · Feb 16, 2020

fishguy242 said:
update?

Did a 50% water change fish look fine but I will have to test for ammonia before I start adding copper again (their in QT due to flat worm, internal parasite, and ick problems)

DaneGer21 · Feb 16, 2020

Water change, then throw the kids out...or vice versa haha

Backto6 · Feb 16, 2020

DaneGer21 said:
Water change, then throw the kids out...or vice versa haha

Lol it was a party their was supposed be a babysitter but ima kick my medicine bill at her and might as well charge her for all the good salt I had to waste

Katrina71 · Feb 16, 2020

You trusted a kids party at your house to a babysitter?

Backto6 · Feb 16, 2020

Katrina71 said:
You trusted a kids party at your house to a babysitter?

I didnt throw the party. My parents did. Trust me if I knew that a party was going down. I would have locked my room or at the very least put equipment away.

Backto6 · Feb 16, 2020

Update. As expected ammonia levels spiked real high today. i also notice ick symptoms starting to appear again. you guys think that i should put some prime to help reduce ammonia for now. i literally ran out of salt and the nearest LFS is an hour away and their all closed and when i get the salt, do a large water change/ add more carbon to remove prime and redose copper (the water changes and carbon removed all the copper and i got 0 reading so no false positive on the ammonia test).