Near disaster - Aquarium Advice

Clown Monarch · 04-23-2005, 01:42 AM

Last night while feeding some flakes before bed I accidentally dropped the food canister into the tank. A large canister. I immediately grabbed as much as I could but it wasn't much and scrambled for a net - but it was too late. The tank was completely clouded with flakes. After an hour of pulling as much as I could out of the tank, I went to bed.

I cleaned the wet/dry tonight and the Fluval. All seems to be OK except for a general orange cloudiness, but I've got a 40g water change cooking for tomorrow. The skimmer produced 4 cups of skimmate OVERNIGHT last night.

Anyone else do anything equally buffoon-like?

Thumper · 04-23-2005, 01:53 AM

Not yet here but I never place the food anywhere near the tank,just remove what is needed and place it in the tank but i see where it could happen very easily. Good Luck.

AR15 guy · 04-23-2005, 03:58 AM

Good luck. I hope you get it cleared out before any livestock dies. That 40 gallon [acronym:8194e9855e="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:8194e9855e] sounds like loads of fun.

Edmonton Eskimo · 04-23-2005, 04:03 AM

One morning when I woke up I noticed that my three year old daughter had dumped a whole can of food in my tank. Thank God it was my cichlid tank. Those guys are bulletproof!

Phyl · 04-23-2005, 06:47 AM

Yup. Half a container of sinking pellet, the day after Christmas. It was a nightmare for a week. The pellet got under the rock and festered. I had ammo off the charts for a week until I pulled all of my rock out and did a 80% water change. It was a nightmare.

I hope you're luckier than that! Sounds like your skimmer was working overtime.

04-23-2005, 01:42 AM	#1
Clown Monarch Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 636 Images: 2	Near disaster Last night while feeding some flakes before bed I accidentally dropped the food canister into the tank. A large canister. I immediately grabbed as much as I could but it wasn't much and scrambled for a net - but it was too late. The tank was completely clouded with flakes. After an hour of pulling as much as I could out of the tank, I went to bed. I cleaned the wet/dry tonight and the Fluval. All seems to be OK except for a general orange cloudiness, but I've got a 40g water change cooking for tomorrow. The skimmer produced 4 cups of skimmate OVERNIGHT last night. Anyone else do anything equally buffoon-like? __________________ We'll be fighting in the streets with our children at our feet, and the morals that they worshipped will be gone. And the men who spurred us on sit in judgment of all wrong, they decide and the shotgun sings the song. 125 [acronym="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym] 80 lb [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] 330w [acronym="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym] Euphyllia, Alveopora, Pachyclauvularia (Metallic Green and Daisy), Frogspawn, Torch, Gold Nepthea, Kenya Tree, Galaxea, Pulsing Xenia, various leather (umbrella, toadstool, fingers, devil fingers, lettuce) Maroon Clown/White tip LT anemone, Powder Blue Tang, Female Swallow Angel, SixLine Wrasse, Solar Fairy Wrasse, Firefish, Fathead Anthias, Blue Mandarin, 3 Chromis, 3 Green Gobies

04-23-2005, 01:53 AM	#2
Thumper Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tulsa Posts: 560 Images: 1	Not yet here but I never place the food anywhere near the tank,just remove what is needed and place it in the tank but i see where it could happen very easily. Good Luck. __________________ 150 rr Oceanic, 300 pound [acronym:8b5fd093c2="Live rock"]lr[/acronym:8b5fd093c2],250 pounds [acronym:8b5fd093c2="Live sand"]ls[/acronym:8b5fd093c2], [acronym:8b5fd093c2="Large polyped Scleractinian (stoney) coral"]lps[/acronym:8b5fd093c2]'s, polyp's,soft corals, [acronym:8b5fd093c2="Small Polyped Stoney"]sps[/acronym:8b5fd093c2]'s,

04-23-2005, 03:58 AM	#3
AR15 guy Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Barboursville WV Posts: 317	Good luck. I hope you get it cleared out before any livestock dies. That 40 gallon [acronym:8194e9855e="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:8194e9855e] sounds like loads of fun. __________________ 38 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:b78366a058], [acronym:b78366a058="Crushed Coral (if substrate) or Counter Current (if referring to a Protien skimmer) or cubic centimeter (if referring to a measure of volume)."]CC[/acronym:b78366a058], 40lbs base rock, 5lbs live, emporer 280, bio-wheel 330,tronic heater, 2 O. clowns, 1 firefish. 29 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym:b78366a058], boring...soon to be salt I think. 10 [acronym:b78366a058="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:b78366a058] [acronym:b78366a058="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:b78366a058], 20lbs [acronym:b78366a058="Live sand"]LS[/acronym:b78366a058], 20lbs base rock, 1 unhappy domino damsel (he was in the 38...switched the percs and the damesel recently).

04-23-2005, 06:47 AM	#5
Phyl Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,105 Images: 30	Yup. Half a container of sinking pellet, the day after Christmas. It was a nightmare for a week. The pellet got under the rock and festered. I had ammo off the charts for a week until I pulled all of my rock out and did a 80% water change. It was a nightmare. I hope you're luckier than that! Sounds like your skimmer was working overtime. __________________ Phyllis Join the NJ Reef Club Today! Saving the world's reefs one living room at a time! Next meeting: June 30, 2007 Marlboro, NJ Fragging Workshop

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04-23-2005, 04:03 AM	#4
Edmonton Eskimo Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: edmonton Posts: 676 Images: 17	One morning when I woke up I noticed that my three year old daughter had dumped a whole can of food in my tank. Thank God it was my cichlid tank. Those guys are bulletproof!

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