So... this past Monday my sister & niece stopped by my work from home office (which is at my mother in laws) to see my new pistol shrimp/goby. Tuesday morning she informed me that my niece had Covid. So my MIL sprayed the whole room down with Lysol. She said she was careful not to spray above the tank but I think everything in the room got a thorough coating, I wasn't here when she sprayed but could smell it when I walked in the door. Everything seemed fine... but at lunch time, I changed out a filter pad that was sitting in a bin in the corner. Apparently (or at least this is what I think happened) it was covered with lysol... within an hour the fish started gasping and swimming crazy all around and at the top of the tank. I didn't realize what had happened until trying to figure it out later. So I frantically mixed up a couple gallons of water in a trash can and put the fish in. I lost the green chromis, but the two clownfish, YW goby and mandarin are recovering in the QT tank that I had to set up quickly (It was up previously but I had just taken it down about a week ago, ugh).
I don't know what to do to my tank to be able to return the fish. I'm running carbon and planning to do water change today. It's 36 gallon tank.
The fish ate this morning (frozen brine and can of cyclops with garlic), but I'm extremely worried about the mandarin (who only eats pods that I have observed). I had plenty of pods in the DT but this QT tank has nothing. I've got some pods growing in a 2 gallon tank, I put some in the QT yesterday but I don't know if I can sustain him for long. Wondering when the DT would be "safe" for them to return and how much water should I change out? All?
Sorry for the LONG message, but advise is appreciated.
AND I'm sure you can imagine how terrible I feel about my poor babies. And what a dummy I am...
I don't know what to do to my tank to be able to return the fish. I'm running carbon and planning to do water change today. It's 36 gallon tank.
The fish ate this morning (frozen brine and can of cyclops with garlic), but I'm extremely worried about the mandarin (who only eats pods that I have observed). I had plenty of pods in the DT but this QT tank has nothing. I've got some pods growing in a 2 gallon tank, I put some in the QT yesterday but I don't know if I can sustain him for long. Wondering when the DT would be "safe" for them to return and how much water should I change out? All?
Sorry for the LONG message, but advise is appreciated.
AND I'm sure you can imagine how terrible I feel about my poor babies. And what a dummy I am...