i went to top off my tank where the water had evaporated and used my usual method. empty tea jug. it was in the sink ao i assumed it wasn't being used. turns out, sugar had settled in the bottom of the jug where it didn't dissolve into the tea and i didn't know because it just looked like the bottom of the jug. i rinsed it out really good as usual, and swished it around really good, then filled it up and emptied it into my tank twice. i noticed the sugar sliding into the tank when it was WAAAAY to late. i did a 50% water change and waited. the water is extremely milky and every thing is covered in a terrible white slime. the fish are completely fine and don't even seem to notice. i did another water change and tomorrow i am going to clean thehell out of my tank. any one had this hapen to them before? how can i make sure it will not affect my fish and that it will clean up okay?
sugar? oh no!...
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I've made some goofy mistakes but never this particular one...
I would do as large of a water change as possible and hope for the best... keep a close eye on them and if they act odd do another huge water change...
Let it be a lesson, but don't be to hard on yourself. The lesson is we should have dedicated fish equipment. I have 3 1 gal pitchers that are used for nothing but fish stuff and are stored with fish only stuff. They are shaped a bit different from teh kitchen pitchers...
I would do as large of a water change as possible and hope for the best... keep a close eye on them and if they act odd do another huge water change...
Let it be a lesson, but don't be to hard on yourself. The lesson is we should have dedicated fish equipment. I have 3 1 gal pitchers that are used for nothing but fish stuff and are stored with fish only stuff. They are shaped a bit different from teh kitchen pitchers...
i felt like such an idiot. luckily if anything goes south all i ave are 6 cories and a snapping turtle inthere right now. the snapper looks really goofy with a thick coat of white stuff all over him
so its just sugar in the tank?
you will be fine
some reefers does it as a carbon source to lower nitrates(dont expect it to do that for you)
all that will probably happen is a bacterial bloom(probably the slime).
maybe some diabetic fits.. joking your fish should be fine.
you will be fine
some reefers does it as a carbon source to lower nitrates(dont expect it to do that for you)
all that will probably happen is a bacterial bloom(probably the slime).
maybe some diabetic fits.. joking your fish should be fine.