Accidentally pour vinegar into a tank

[Fishingandreefing]

So, my ATO was not working so I had a vinegar jug of rodi sitting around next to my newly cycled tank and I was topping it off manually.

Today I was killing aptasia with vinegar in my other tank and I accidentally poured about a cup of vinegar into the new tank thinking it was rodi.

My tank currently has two corals in with no fish. Tank was tested recently with zero nitrate and about .06 phosphate and I had been dosing nitrate and reef energy amnio

Now, what should I do beside a water change?

 

[Fishingandreefing]

It’s a 93g total volume. I know maybe 1/4 of a cup would actually benefit for the tank, but I am pretty sure I pour at least a cup or two in there.

 

[Spare time]

A big water change and a UV sterlizer if possible. My concern is a big bacterial bloom that could suffocate your fish.

You should also not dose vinegar if you have 0 nitrates.

 

[Hincapiej4]

When in doubt, water changes! It's not a chemical, so dunno if carbon would help, but it wouldn't hurt. Just be careful with how much water you pull out today

 

[Fishbro]

He has no fish so that’s good, you’ll probably be fine with just a water change or two and maybe a uv sterilizer.

 

[Hincapiej4]

The fish would probably be happy with the water changes..it's his coral I worry about if he strips the water too much.

 

[DSEKULA]

If there's only two corals why not hold them in the other tank while you do a wc etc on this one and move them back when it's stable again?

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Would turning on the skimmer helps? Again, it was an accident.

 

[Cstar_BC]

I would do some Water changes .

 

[Spare time]

He has no fish so that’s good, you’ll probably be fine with just a water change or two and maybe a uv sterilizer.

Ah good, I misread his post.

 

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on 93 gallon it is okay a cap of vinegar I even would not worried

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Currently acclimating and putting in the other tank. Now the question is if I do just a 20% water change, will the vinegar evaporate and somehow went away magically? I don’t know, I am just tired. Had to wake up early for work. Dang it.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

on 93 gallon it is okay a cap of vinegar I even would not worried

It was more like a cup and half, not a cap. A cap would prob beneficial to the tank

 

[Fishingandreefing]

He has no fish so that’s good, you’ll probably be fine with just a water change or two and maybe a uv sterilizer.

Just curious what does the uv sterilizer do for vinegar

 

[html]

Okay, let us say you poured 2 caps. It is more than you need but you have 93 gallons! So you turn your skimmer on and with no worries go sleep. You wake up tomorrow and find slight color change in your corals but nothing really bad.

 

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see ya tomorrow

 

[Crustaceon]

I wouldn’t do anything. Carbon dosing isn’t going to do anything even in that volume without enough nitrates or some other fuel to work with.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Okay, let us say you poured 2 caps. It is more than you need but you have 93 gallons! So you turn your skimmer on and with no worries go sleep. You wake up tomorrow and find slight color change in your corals but nothing really bad.

So you’re saying almost two cups of vinegar in a newly cycled tank with two lps corals should be fine?

 

[Fishingandreefing]

I wouldn’t do anything. Carbon dosing isn’t going to do anything even in that volume without enough nitrates or some other fuel to work with.

The problem is that is a newly cycled tank and it was tested last week barely has any nitrate by salifer

 

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So you’re saying almost two cups of vinegar in a newly cycled tank with two lps corals should be fine?

Not sure about "fine" but for the size your aquarium should survive