My first tank crash

[Gripenfelter]

Last spring my 3 yr old dumped 5-6 kleenexes into the tank. Gummed up the power heads and return pump. No real damage.

[globaldesigns]

Oh no!!!! Hope all turns out ok.

[christyf5]

Yikes!! And my husband can't understand why I want to put a lock on the door to the fishroom

I hope everything turns out ok. Keep up with the waterchanges.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Good luck.

My 3 years old (Felicia) knows not to mess with daddy's tanks and she helps feed the fish (small amounts of pellets, fd shrimp & basting tubefuls of frzn mysis since she was 2) daily. She's even helped with 3 water changes so far.

I would try to show your son what he can & can't do around the tanks. Hopefully this is a one time accident. It sounds like you're taking the right steps to clear up the problems.

Now I have to worry about training Isabella (only 4 months old) the same tank-safety lessons.

Anthony

[fishoholic]

How awful! Keep up with the water changes and give the equipment a vinegar bath and keep a close eye on things

[vanreefer]

so much for no more tears!!... sorry couldnt help myself
Hope it turns out OK
VR

Originally Posted by Oilers

My wife ran into the bedroom last night and yelled, "Come and look at the fish tank, the fishes are dropping off to the bottom like airplanes being shot out of the sky!". I raced to the tank and saw most of my fishes are lying on the sand bed, breathing heavily. The water looked a bit cloudy but not too much to be concerned about. I looked around the tank to see if one of my anenomes has committed suicide like one of the threads I've read on here. I finally found the problem in my sump tank. The water was cloudy and full of white foam. I was like, what the heck... foam?? Then I saw an empty Johnson baby shampoo bottle and knew what just happened. My three year old son has decided to give daddy little fishes a bath like the one he gets daily.
I did a water change (70%), changed the filter and carbon. I plan to do another water change maybe tomorrow. I performed some tests on the water this morning and all the parameters are back to the level they were pre-crash. Half of my fishes died but the corals seem to be doing fine.
Has anybody had a similar experience before? What else do I need to do? Should I remove my corals and the rest of the fishes and wait a week or two before putting them back into the tank? The fishes that survive are eating and breathing normal (except for the yellow tang but I think he's recovering). The corals are opening up and showing their colors well.

[fishytime]

eeeek!.....sorry to hear David......what all did you loose?

[The Grizz]

OMG David!!! How is the tank doing now. Hate to ask this but is the Naso ok?

[HaZRaTTy]

Originally Posted by vanreefer

so much for no more tears!!... sorry couldnt help myself
Hope it turns out OK
VR

haha I totally was going to insert a no more tears joke

(I thought it was supposed to stop tears not create them)



Sorry to hear about the tank, I like the teaching the Do's and Don'ts of a fish tank.

I hope everything turns out well. Good Luck.

[Oilers]

I lost my sailfin tang, regal tang, flame angel, copperband butterfly and coral beauty. The naso tang is doing extremely well. He and the foxface are the only fishes that were able to swim through the whole ordeal, just hyperventilating. I was surprised to see how hardy both of them were.
Of all the fishes, the sailfin tang was my favorite because somebody gave it to me as a gift. Steve at Red Coral is a very kind person. He offers me one of his tanks at the store to use as a quarantine tank if I need one. He will also try to find me a replacement for the sailfin tang as soon as he can. Maybe he can offer it to me as a gift too Thanks Steve.