PH fell in tank

[cjdjok]

My large powerhead fell and was pointed to the bottom of my tank and moved allot of my sand and the water is very cloudy. What shoul I do?

 

[bruder]

It will settle with some time. What is in the tank? The only BIG negatives I can see coming from this is stirring up the sand bed which could give you a spike on your readings and could be harmful to your fish. Also, sand in a PH can be brutal on your impeller.

 

[cjdjok]

It is a 90 with about 80lbs of LR and contains 1 sea hare Lots of blueleg hermits, Scarlets, 3 Emerald crabs, snails and a sand anemone and 2 perc clownfish

 

[evieb]

Don't worry, the sand will settle. You may want to re-distribute the sand. It's happened to me before ...... a few times! Its hard to get the suction cups on the ph to stay put sometimes. It'll clear up. Good luck!

 

[bruder]

I would say you are in the clear. The clowns are pretty hardy, so even if your parameters jumped just a little bit, I would say you are ok. If you have another tank set up you can put them in there just to be safe or you could do a water change.
Keep us updated.

 

[cjdjok]

going to do a water change now. How long should I wait to test?

 

[pallan]

I would reccomend ditching the suction cups and using the hang on brackets or getting the magnetic holders for the powerheads. Otherwise it may happen again. JMO
you should be fine

 

[cjdjok]

I did a 20% water change and now my nitrates are reading 30, Amn. 0 nitrites 0 Now what?