A BAT died and decomposed in my tank for 4 days

[Charlie the Reefer]

I have seen bats in my house, and literally this is the stuff of my nightmares..........

 

[Cell]

I came to this thread thinking you meant BTA and it was just a typo.

 

[StatelineReefer]

I have seen bats in my house, and literally this is the stuff of my nightmares..........

See, if a bat flew into my house, I would have a new bat friend... I would make it a little bat house, make sure it had a little bat water dish.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

You know, this might be the craziest thing I have heard on here, haha.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Haha! Well...this is a new one for me! I agree with the others in here. Carbon and a water change will be the safe guards. Likely the bacteria in your tank are already taking care of the situation.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

glue the decomposing body to a frag tile and sell it on the forums as a black flamethrower sponge for $2.5k

 

[AlexKintner]

This belongs in the R2R Hall of Fame. Along with the one where the kids peed in the sump.

 

[Charlie the Reefer]

Not to derail, but if anyone enjoyed this thread, I highly recommend this one. His blenny literally jumped onto him while he was sleeping in the middle of the night...

Lawnmower Blenny help!!

Hey all! I recently bought a lawnmower blenny for my nano (20g) tank, to curb some early algae growth. The tank is a month old now, started fully with live rock, and it’s other inhabitants include two clowns, one banded shrimp, and a few snails. All water parameters are stable and in line. The...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[sfin52]

The real concern is bats in your house. I would recommend an inspection by a licensed wildlife professional to inspect your home.
They can spread diseases the worst is rabbies.

 

[snorklr]

you don't live near Wuhan ,do you?

 

[paragrouper]

you don't live near Wuhan ,do you?

You beat me to it.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Not to derail, but if anyone enjoyed this thread, I highly recommend this one. His blenny literally jumped onto him while he was sleeping in the middle of the night...

Lawnmower Blenny help!!

Hey all! I recently bought a lawnmower blenny for my nano (20g) tank, to curb some early algae growth. The tank is a month old now, started fully with live rock, and it’s other inhabitants include two clowns, one banded shrimp, and a few snails. All water parameters are stable and in line. The...

www.reef2reef.com

That’s funny lol! Little guy said…

 

[rja]

Lids to keep the Wrasses in and Bats out… apparently now

 

[taricha]

Thank you for expanding our minds on what is possible in reefing
The OP should get a badge for this.

 

[revhtree]

Thank you for expanding our minds on what is possible in reefing
The OP should get a badge for this.

A Batge.

 

[OrchidMiss]

We all got peculiar taste in wrasse lol, #ilikebigwrasseandicannotlie

There's a Bruce Wayne joke here somewhere.

Water change should do it ...
Holy Bats Batman...

@FakeBilly and the gang never let me down!

 

[Seansea]

Guano is great for raising nurrient levels. Bottle it and sell some

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Can't say I've seen this before. I think I've seen a few threads about this happening with mice, so this should basically be the same. Fish can't carry rabies or any other mammal-borne disease, so you should be good there. I'd do a parameter test and a water change if values are off, same as I'd do if a fish died. It's very gross, but it shouldn't affect the tank all that much.

 

[SpyC]

Having had to go through a wonderful rabies vaccine regiment, I would wind up restarting the entire tank. I'm not messing with rabies. There aren't many studies on rabies survival periods in water. The one I could find said 144 hours. I'm not risking it.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Fear of the Sea : thalassophobia

Fear of water : aquaphobia

Fear of rabies : hydrophobophobia