Tank Crash Help

[dadnjesse]

I went camping for 4 days, I came home to all my Fish dead and all corals bleached. Apparently my Aquarium Engineering Calcium rector co2 valve got stuck open and dumped a 20 pound tank of Co2 into the tank. The tank is 125 gallon. I already did around 50 gallon water change and am making water now. My Hanna tester is flashing 20 dkh still after all the water changes so far. How can I get the Alkalinity back to normal? Can I dump Muratic acid into the tank. My snails, starfish and serpent star are the only things still alive.

 

[bluemon]

Since everything is dead already, I would just keep doing water changes. Muriatric Acid would lower dKH to a degree but magnesium and calcium from the CaRX effluent should still be high in the tank, and you would want that lowered. maybe pick up some low dKH salt mix so you don't have to change as much.

Sorry about the loss. Maybe invest in a peristaltic pump for the CaRx? Kamoer has one I like that is cheap

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

I also agree on the water changes. Super sad to hear about your loss. What a. Nightmare !

 

[bluemon]

brightwell neomarine salt seems to have an average tested 6.28 dKH, maybe use that salt for a few changes? TM Pro Reef maybe a bit more available but at 7.51 dKH

 

[dadnjesse]

Thanks for the help. Normaly I use Instant Ocean but just got a box of 200 Gallon Instant ocean reef crystals thats high in Alk so thats not helping. Something always happens when I'm away.