Disaster (or so it appeared)!

[Batt4Christ]

Tank has been going very well - with the plants growing like gangbusters, and fish seem to be healthy and growing as well.

My most resent bottle change (DIY CO2) produced insane amounts of gas early-on, but came to a stop last night (only about a week and a half). So this morning, I prepped a new bottle. When I swapped it out, all looked good so I left the house to run some errands.

My wife called while I was out and said the tank was seriously cloudy - couldn't even see the plants or fish. My first thought - my youngest daughter had gotten into the food again (had an episode months back where she "fed" the fish... nearly wiped the tank out). Then I remember - new bottle for the DIY CO2... So I have her check, and sure enough - the airline tubing is full of foam, and the tank is full of yeast....

So - After a huge water change, and a bit of tank clarifier (I really don't like using that stuff) - tank is back to clear.

I guess I had the bottle a little too full and/or the yeast was super-over active. All seems well now.

 

[Jason7894561230]

Well, that was lucky, keep up with the water changes and make sure all the yeast is out of the tank. What fish have you got in there?

 

[jcolon]

Good to hear your tank will be ok ...

 

[Batt4Christ]

So - what ill effects might having some yeast flow into the tank might one see?

The tank is nearly back to "crystal clear" again... only a very slight "haze" remains.

Also put in a new filter pad in the Emperor 400 (with carbon), as I haven't been running any carbon - seems to kind of defeat the purpose of running the CO2 plus Excel- but I figured it wouldn't hurt as I wanted to try to "suck" up as much of the "byproducts" as I could at the time.

Anyway - will be keeping an eye on things...

 

[rich311k]

The yeast should not be a problem, some fry eat it as first food. The alcohol would be the dangerous part, since the bottle was new little would have been produced. I think you will be good, I would do another water change and add fresh carbon to your filter for the next two weeks.

 

[The Editor]

Do you use a gas separator bottle between your fermenter(s) and the tank?

I use on that's filled half way with water so it catches any foam that's produced and also serves as a visual bubble counter...