did I kill it all, KH of around 30

[KevinK]

ahhh, all the water is in and everything is running, I still cant se a thing, so lets hope overnight everything stabelises a bit, and I hope to mesure something close to the 20KH



onlything I see is lots of white that fel down on everything like snow.



I will keep you all informed tomorrow, I'm dun

[amy]

Sincerely hoping you wake up to a lively healthy tank this morning!
My stomach is flopping just thinking about the whole ordeal

[lastlight]

Man my stress level would be through the roof I hope this works for you. Lucky AND unlucky you having that kind of volume to play with...

[KevinK]

little update:

tank is locking like a snow stom hit it.

coralsproduced lots of slime, but so far, untill the lights go on I dont know how thy do.

I still se some polyp extention on my SPS so hope this is a good sighn.

mesured my KH yesterday about 3 ore 4 times, and each time it was around a KH of 30 to 33

today, after the 180 gal water change (tap water and prime) my KH droped back to a KH of 11.8 to 12

the calcium is slightly over normal at 550, but also this will settle.

overall the tank had its shock of KH for about 4.5 to 5 hour

I will check my magnesium as well later today, as I asume this one droped a fair bit, as instant ocean is low in mag and it had 180 gal

I will also put some pictures up later today, when I have everything cleaned up and the lights are running

[e46er]

hopefully everything makes it!

[DCDN]

I hope everything is pretty much ok. That really sucks

[Lampshade]

Here's alink to calc saturation: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/mar2002/chem.htm

and:http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/20...hf/index.php#9

The following important points should help in dealing with a limewater overdose:

1. Don't panic! These overdoses do not usually cause a tank to crash.

2. The primary concern is pH. If the pH is 8.6 or lower, you need not do anything. If the pH is above 8.6, then reducing the pH is the priority. Direct addition of vinegar or soda water is a good way to accomplish this goal. Either one mL of distilled white vinegar, or six mL of soda water, per gallon of tank water will give an initial pH drop of about 0.3 pH units. Add either to a high flow area that is away from organisms (e.g., a sump).

3. Do not bother to measure calcium or alkalinity while the tank is cloudy. The solid calcium carbonate particles will dissolve in an alkalinity test, and all of the carbonate in them will be counted as if it were in solution and part of "alkalinity." The same may happen to some extent with calcium tests. Wait until the water clears, and at that point, alkalinity is more likely to be low than high. Calcium will likely be mostly unchanged.

4. The particles themselves will typically settle out and disappear from view over a period of 1-4 days. They do not appear to cause long term detrimental effects to tank organisms.

5. Water changes are not necessarily beneficial or needed in response to a limewater overdose.

[KevinK]

ok so everything is locking ok sofar, exept the lime that had fel down on everything.

some coral have some slime haning around, and the sps seem to be ok as well.

I only found that my acro crab did not make it, the starfish are all fine as welll as the clamb seems fine.

the frags where dripped to introduce the new water, and are so far so good

[Borderjumper]

Wow.. You may have gotten lucky Kevin. Your tank reminds me of back home when Mt. St. Helens blew.. Grey powder everywhere!

So talk to me about frags I need a green and an orange monti cap.

[KevinK]

all the frags are ok, thy where dripped to introduce to the new water param.