Well, went to adjust my Neptune auto feeder tonight and while trying pulling out the drum the front cap came off instead which released about a million crossover diet pellets into the tank (about a half drum worth).
So first, anyone with this feeder, BE CAREFUL! This wasn't on my radar as a possibility but now that it happened I really can't see how it wouldn't happen again. Unless I'm missing something, there's no way to get the drum out without pulling on the front cap.
I've been fishing pellets out of my tank for the last 2 hours and got about 90% of them out of the tank. I've got a huge chaeto ball and over sized skimmer which I'm hoping will absorb the remaining excess nutrients. But, in the case that this doesn't handle the load, how soon would nitrates and phosphates spike from something like this?
So first, anyone with this feeder, BE CAREFUL! This wasn't on my radar as a possibility but now that it happened I really can't see how it wouldn't happen again. Unless I'm missing something, there's no way to get the drum out without pulling on the front cap.
I've been fishing pellets out of my tank for the last 2 hours and got about 90% of them out of the tank. I've got a huge chaeto ball and over sized skimmer which I'm hoping will absorb the remaining excess nutrients. But, in the case that this doesn't handle the load, how soon would nitrates and phosphates spike from something like this?