Tank Emergency; Not sure as it might be too late

[Doctorgori]

... Not sure if a total tank nuke is still a emergency as I’m not sure if it can be fixed...
I was calibrating a dosing pump to try peroxide for a major algae outbreak... After I hooked it up I never went back to the controller to put it in auto: I left ALL the dosers running for 6 hours: thats Alk, Cal, Part C AND 35% peroxide .... Any hope? Not sure water changes will fix it...any suggestions: see pics

 

[Fishy212]

Water change !
What volume are you dealing with? Need more information

 

[Doctorgori]

For some weird reason pics didn’t post

 

[Doctorgori]

Water change !
What volume are you dealing with? Need more information

Sorry: 210 G ... doser:BRS 1.1ml.
Edited to add: ran for 6 hours+

 

[SPR1968]

You don’t say what the final alkalinity is, but I would suggest a very large water change is in order

 

[Fishy212]

I would try to do a larger water change with the hope of getting a good portion out. Not really sure how to help. What kind of livestock and corals you have?

btw I have 2 BRS dosers, but never set them up and used them for this same exact reason. Sorry man.

 

[Doctorgori]

You don’t say what the final alkalinity is, but I would suggest a very large water change is in order

Just checked 8.9 (normal) but the water is darn cloudy

I would try to do a larger water change with the hope of getting a good portion out. Not really sure how to help. What kind of livestock and corals you have?

btw I have 2 BRS dosers, but never set them up and used them for this same exact reason. Sorry man.

Edit: Yeah I got only 25G made up and another 50G RO I can mixup, but thats only 75G or about 1/4 total...just wondering if I’ll need that water for the coming/expected die off tommorow
This is total human error and a example why no matter how automated you get, you can still screw up....
I’m sorry, but ya’ll know you can get attached, esp to older clams

Tank is mixed Sps, LPS, some polyps, et.
All shrimp are dead and LPS are slimly/snotty ...clams withdrawn ....trying again to post pics

 

[Awingo1121]

Call a lfs and see if you can take livestock in for a day or two while you water change

 

[ScottB]

So sorry to learn of this. I butt dialed a liter of ALK and Ca once. While it was a precipitation mess, but there were no casualties.

It is the H2O2 that is the problem. Aeration. Remove casualties quick. Carbon. WC.
Check your ammonia level. If measurable, what do people think about dosing Prime to reduce toxicity?

Ask your LFS if he can drive some new SW over.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Do the water change with what you have, then get more running. I would say it is your best bet. I think adding any more to the mix is just not a good solution. You could lose some sps and maybe the clams (if you have them) from the spike, but I hope most pulls through for you.
Dilute, dilute, dilute. Maybe a friend or fellow reefer will have water made up (at least ro/di for you to get mixing).

 

[Doctorgori]

I’m cooking up new water right now ... not sure if I should move anything Shrimp are already dead and clams look clammed up

 

[Doctorgori]

I’m gonna try to move my Lords, Favias, clsms and LPS over tomy seahorse tank...Hopefully the stress doesn’t kill them God willing

 

[Doctorgori]

Gheez its hard watching a big reef slowly die: Blue tang has “burn marks”? Or discoloration on its sides, fish are inactive, Nowhere to put my sps as theve encrusted on big rocks...heck 1/2 my sps are totally bleached, LPS are snot balls....
....maybe thousands $$$ in corals are not totally smoked :mad: .... appologies, have to externalize and vent

 

[DeniseAndy]

I am so sorry. This is so hard to watch something like this. We feel you, completely!

 

[Dave Cureton]

I agree with lots of water changes and carbon. Good luck!

 

[Hugh Mann]

I don't really have much experience in the way of reefs, so I don't know if any of my suggestions/thoughts are feasible/good ideas, but.

Instead of using your new water in the tank, set up bins, filling with tank water and using the new mix to get the ratios right or what have you. Move as much livestock as possible into said bins. Heaters, powerheads, lights, as by the sounds of it, you'll have your hands full for a while removing dead critters and diluting water.

You say some of your sps are crusted to big rocks, is it possible to frag off a chunk to try and save? I mean if they're toast anyways?

Again, just spitballing here, so I wouldn't be surprised if those were stupid butt suggestions.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Not stupid. Just mentioned the larger rocks will be difficult. From experience with a larger system, the corals can fuse rocks together and make it virtually impossible to remove them without destroying them anyway. This is how I lost all my montis. Rocks just too big to remove.
I would totally do what you mentioned in a smaller system.

 

[Hugh Mann]

Good to hear, thanks.
Possibly could do something similar to at least get the fish out of the water. Much easier to remove than boulders.

But could one in a bind such as this just take a small frag off the sps, assuming it was still alive, to regrow later if the main coral ends up dying? Or would that not work as the corals are already stressed/time better spent doing water changes, etc? Maybe I'm not understanding how sps crust over rocks?

 

[Rybren]

Good to hear, thanks.
Possibly could do something similar to at least get the fish out of the water. Much easier to remove than boulders.

But could one in a bind such as this just take a small frag off the sps, assuming it was still alive, to regrow later if the main coral ends up dying? Or would that not work as the corals are already stressed/time better spent doing water changes, etc? Maybe I'm not understanding how sps crust over rocks?

Not a bad idea.

 

[DeniseAndy]

I had to frag many of my corals when I transferred tanks due to dying off (had to sit in holding too long - bad time). Most of those frags survived and a few are still with me the rest I traded. So, yes, that is always an option.