HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crack in the tank

[Franco7]

I lost almost alll of my water in 55 gal and was forced to put all 25 fish in my 10 gal for now, until tomorrow when i can make it to the pet store in the am and by a new tank. How long do i have or should i say do they have?, i mean i have all rock and fliter media, should i change any of it or keep in so my tank doesn't go through a cycle. I mean i know to keep bio media, but what about the rest of my media in my canister is it safer to keep all media in until i get up and runnning or what do i do?

Anyone have this happen, whats the best way to go and what do i need to stress once i buy a new tank?

Frank

 

[rich311k]

If you keep all the media wet you should be good for 48 hours. Try and keep the gravel wet as well. You will be alright if you switch in a new tank tomorrow. How did it crack? Was it on a tank stand?

 

[tropicfishman]

man that sucks big time, sorry that ahd to happen to ya, what kind of fish do you have?

 

[jsoong]

If you have access to a big CLEAN 20 or 30 gal storage tub .... you can set that up as your temperory fish tank .... Just be sure the tub has no trace of soap/pesticides, etc and to rinse out well before use. You can run your filters etc. in that & keep as much of your rocks, etc in that as possible.

As for the canister, you need water circulation to keep up the oxygenation. A canister is sealed & if stagnant for a few hours, will becoming anoxic. The bacteria then goes into anaeobic breakdown & start to release toxic stuff (H2S) which will kill fish. To maintain the canister, you can take the media out & keep in a bucket of water - that should be good for a day or 2. Alternatively you can run the canister in a (clean) bucket of water and keep the water circulating.

 

[Franco7]

Ya actually did some more investorgation, it didn't crack, the silocone let go in an area causeing a major leak, and yes it was on a stand. All tropical fish. Thanks for the advice so far, keep it coming. Im just hoping they do alright intill tomorrow in my small tank.

 

[rollin_22]

you could always try to re seal it... that wouldsave you a considerable amount of money

 

[Rondory]

Im just hoping they do alright intill tomorrow in my small tank.

Just curious, how would your rescue set-up be any different then how they keep them in the LFS?
The 10 gallon tanks I see have lots more fish then 25 and for several days.

I hope all goes well

 

[chelli]

we put ours (all of them) and some were 10 inches long in a 10 gallon in an emergency a couple of months ago..50 gal split on seam.. the fish were fine.. we just bought a new tank and switched everything over and no new tank syndrome or anything.. business as usual the next day..

 

[kyektulu]

Sorry to hear about your tank, I know hopw frustrating it is to get your tank cracked and rush to save the fishes!
Your media should be ok if you keep it in warmish water for about a day, two max.
I wouldnt strain the media at all, the bacteria in the filter media will escape.

Good luck