I went out with my wife tonight for a couple hours. Before I left I did a 50 percent water change on my quarantine tank that was housing my 2 clowns. I come back and go downstairs to check on them and the floor is covered in water (cement floor in back room - thankfully). The bottom of the glass had a huge crack in it. There was only about an inch of water left and my poor clownfish were pretty much laying on the side of the glass trying to breathe.
That was my only tank outside my 29 gallon cycled tank. All stores are closed this late. I have a 2 gallon bucket that I use for water changes but felt it was too small to put my already stressed clowns in for the night. I didn’t have any big plastic bins on hand either. I ended up having to put them in my DT. I did a quick dip to rinse off any meds that may have been left in them and put them in my main tank. Fingers crossed that they don’t have anything.
The fish seem to be alright at this time. When I first put them in they just went to the bottom and sat still. I was a little worried but slowly they started swimming around.
I am a little mad about the entire situation but I didn’t want to lose the fish. If they get sick I will just pull them and put them in a new quarantine and go fishless for a few months on my main tank. It is kind of a bummer but I didn’t want them to die.
Lesson learned...... have a few tanks in case something goes wrong with your qt/hospital tank.
Well now I am off to clean up the nice watery mess. Good times.
That was my only tank outside my 29 gallon cycled tank. All stores are closed this late. I have a 2 gallon bucket that I use for water changes but felt it was too small to put my already stressed clowns in for the night. I didn’t have any big plastic bins on hand either. I ended up having to put them in my DT. I did a quick dip to rinse off any meds that may have been left in them and put them in my main tank. Fingers crossed that they don’t have anything.
The fish seem to be alright at this time. When I first put them in they just went to the bottom and sat still. I was a little worried but slowly they started swimming around.
I am a little mad about the entire situation but I didn’t want to lose the fish. If they get sick I will just pull them and put them in a new quarantine and go fishless for a few months on my main tank. It is kind of a bummer but I didn’t want them to die.
Lesson learned...... have a few tanks in case something goes wrong with your qt/hospital tank.
Well now I am off to clean up the nice watery mess. Good times.
