Accidentally Added Milk to Tank

[Dburr1014]

Haha! So funny story... when I was first starting in the hobby, I had my concoction of fish food in one hand (in a cup with water) and a starbucks peppermint mocha in the other...meant to pour in the food...nope. I poured in a nice dose of caffeine, milk, and sugar... Other than the fish swimming a little faster for the next few hours (jk jk), no harm came to the tank.

TL;DR, I did something worse and everything was fine. :cool:

Well it's a good thing you didn't swig down the fish food!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Well it's a good thing you didn't swig down the fish food!

Indeed!!!

 

[MnFish1]

So I screwed up.

I was acclimating a new pair of clownfish to my tank. When it was time to add them, I needed to replenish the water I removed. I asked my roommate to grab my one gallon jug from the fish closet along with my bucket of salt water.

He grabbed a random jug that was sitting by the door to go out to the trash and I didnt notice. It had a tiny bit of residual milk inside. It wasn't enough to notice when looking at the jug, but it was enough to make the water slightly cloudy and I didn't realize until it was too late. The jug was empty, so it couldn't have been much milk.

What do I do now?

Shouldn't need do anything- Edit - If I read your answer correctly - you put 1/2 gallons in 20 gallon tank - it will likely be OK - but I would start by checking your parameters - then if anything is out of whack let us know (I know others have responded - I cannot read them). I mean it's a little calcium, and protein. Was it whole or skim - if whole - a little fat.

 

[MnFish1]

Actually - did I read correctly that you put in 1/2 gallon into a 20 gallon tank? Definitely watch for a bloom, I would increase aeration - do you have a skimmer? If not - I would do a water change. again - parameters would dictate what percentage and timeframe to do this IMHO

As someone else explained - it seems like you put diluted (much diluted) milk into the tank - It shouldn't do anything - the extra nutrients may act as a stimulus for bacteria/algae.

 

[MnFish1]

If the jug was "empty" then you probably only got a few ml of milk. I wouldn't worry about it. Check your levels in the morning to see if they have changed much, but that has got to be less impactful than a day's worth of fish poop.

He said - he put 1/2 gallon in his 20 gallon tank

 

[rhitee93]

He said - he put 1/2 gallon in his 20 gallon tank

I think he said that he put 1/2 a gallon of make-up water that had been put into an "empty" but not clean milk jug with only a residual amount of milk left in it.

 

[MnFish1]

I think he said that he put 1/2 a gallon of make-up water that had been put into an "empty" but not clean milk jug with only a residual amount of milk left in it.

I think you are correct!! Thanks for pointing it out. It was a little unclear the way it was worded (to me):)

 

[Crabs McJones]

Well it's a good thing you didn't swig down the fish food!

I would have loved to see that though. the look on his face :flushed-face:

 

[Carnajo]

Your calcium might be a bit high for a bit :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: