probably the lamest thing that has ever happened

dwendler4

dwendler4

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so i had a huge party at my house last night and someone that i cant describe because it would get edited poured alcohol into my tank.... unbelievable.
well... when i woke up this morning(i didnt know that it had happened, i was pretty drunk so i wasn't really keeping an eye on the tank, i found out what happened this morning), i found everything dead... all fish dead (except the clown, who died within the next hour), shrimp, starfish.... i could go on.... all dead...
i just did a 5 gallon water change and i plan on doing another tonight, im letting the salt mix right now.... all the hermit crabs and snails seem fine, also i saw my emerald crab and he is moving kinda sluggish but is definitely alive...
now for my questions... question one:
i have xenia, a trumpet coral, 2 green ricordia mushrooms, and one small colony of zoos.... after losing so much, THIS is what i really want to make sure to save if it is possible... all of them appear totally normal, trumpet and zoos are open... xenia is pulsing... rics are... well... not doing anything like usual.... does anyone out there who actually knows what they are talking about know what i could do to help the most? is there anything i can add... i have read about a product called calcium +3 that i hear is good for coral... anyone know if that would help?
question two:
im trying my best to look for a silver lining, and i guess im just viewing this as a chance to start over and go in a new direction with my tank, only this time i will have 9 months of experience and knowledge, which will help. so... moving forward... obviously im going to do a couple more water changes, right now im thinking one tonight and one tomorrow, plus the one i already did and thats a fifth of the water (75 gallon tank btw)... will this be enough to move on... or should i continue doing water changes after that? i know that when fish die the let off ammonia... is my tank going to cycle again? any words of advice on getting my tank back to running condition would be greatly appreciated
im working today, im using my break to write this, i get off around midnight so hopefully ill be back on around then
cant believe this happened....
 
groupergenius

groupergenius

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Keep with the water changes. Couldn't hurt. Also, were there smokers in the house? Ashes and such are detrimental to salt aquaria as well. If your using carbon, step it up a notch.
BTW. Get better friends.
 
frozenguy

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that REALLY sucks big time.. was he a friend? or some guy? maybe even a girl!! that really is the lamest thing ever..
ash in the tank is bad? is smoking around the tank bad if there is no lid?? what about if insense is burned? not next to it, but in the same room.
 
barchtruong

barchtruong

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I don't know about you...
but my reef tank with fishes is in my bedroom. So, nobody is allowed to come close to my tank without my supervision. I invested way beyond too much in my tank to let anything like that happen to my tank.
 
ice4ice

ice4ice

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Another suggestion - no more parties at your house.
Oh yeah give the bill to the offender that killed your fish as well. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate incident.
 
bexleyfish

bexleyfish

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Man that is messed up! If it was me, I might be getting arrested tonight for some retaliation. good luck with everything
 
dwendler4

dwendler4

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yeah i actually have no idea who it was, a friend of mine saw it happen and i was real drunk when it happened so i dont know... but thats beside the point...
does anyone have any advice?
 
hammerhed7

hammerhed7

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water changes, carbon, or chemi pure, and if you have a skimmer run it on the wet side for a while, this is the only damage control you can do.
Good Luck!
 
reef diver

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Believe it or not alcohol is GOOD for corals, theres a practice, ive read about in europe where they dose corals with alcohol, which is MOSTLY glucose, to corals, and the corals LOVE it, so maybe thats why your corals are fine, while the fish...
 
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nemo_66

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i have also herad that in europe, some guy(s) dosed sps with steroids and got incredible growth.
OP, that sucks, just step up your filtration like everyone said. i new this guy who had is 5 year old nephew drop a sandwich in his tank.
 
scotts

scotts

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OK so I have had a tank crash, for a different reason but a crash is a crash. That was many years ago so there is hope. Like you all my livestock dies, but the corals lived so I started over. If my corals had died I would have thrwon in the towel.
Yes do as big of water changes as you can. The only way the fish will let off ammonia when they die is if they start to decompose. So as long as they are out of the water they will not effect your water quality. I personally think you should do a 50% water change. If you have to take out half the water in your tank and slowly add the new water that is OK. Then see what your levels are. Hopefully it did not kill the bacteria in your sand. Then test your water and see where you are. Wait a couple of days and retest. You probably should be OK.
 
fishieness

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Originally Posted by Reef Diver
Believe it or not alcohol is GOOD for corals, theres a practice, ive read about in europe where they dose corals with alcohol, which is MOSTLY glucose, to corals, and the corals LOVE it, so maybe thats why your corals are fine, while the fish...
that's vodka. and the bacteria feeds off of it, not the corals. this, i woudl assume, is beer. also, adding a lot of vodka at once woudl kill anything anyways. cause after adding it, the bacteria would go CRAZY anad grow probably to the point of yoru tank being semi cloudy if youve added enough. then after a day or two of not adding anything, it owuld all starve and die. tank crash anyways.
dw: that SUCKS to hear. believe it or not, that isnt the first time ive heard that... part of the reason i requested a single next year ;) good luck
 
nu2salt

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not wanting to highjack this thread but reefdiver and fishiness can you point me in the direction of were i can find more on this subject.(vodka and steriods) i smell an experiment in the works. just to see if it works.
 
smoothie

smoothie

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Keep up the water changes. They do add small doses of vodka or pure brown sugar in tanks in Europe to kill off slime algae, but I'm sure it wasn't pure what the friend dumped in. As far as the friend, blow torch and pliers.
Sorry about the fish
 
adroitmind

adroitmind

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Originally Posted by smoothie
As far as the friend, blow torch and pliers.
Sorry about the fish
Nice Pulp Fiction reference.
I want to know more about these coral steroids.
 
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