Co2 Yeast Went In To My Aquarium

[s007]

Hi this morning i woke up and sore that water was very very dull, what i mean yeast solution some how went in to my aquarium, I have dome 50% water change and probably do 50% tomorrow again as it didnt clear it that much.

It unfortunately killed one of my neon tetras but all other fish and shrimp seems to be ok. Is there anything else i can do to clear it out?

 

[ShoC]

Take your fish out into a temporary bucket/container,

Drain the tank 100% and refill.....

do it NOW

good luck mate

 

[s007]

Thanks so after il take the water out 100% then refill it again can i put the fish back? (yes i know water must be dechlorinated) but wont it be bad as my water wont be mature and its kinda like start all over again?

Cheers
Ill be online waiting for reply mate thank you very much

 

[Colin_T]

you can change most of the water and replace it with fresh dechlorinated water and it won't kill the filter bacteria. If the water still has chlorine in, then it will kill the filter bacteria.

I wouldn't bother removing the fish, I would just do a 75-80% water change today and tomorrow. Keep the feeding down for a few days and they should be fine.
The yeast feeds on sugar and there won't be any of that in the tank so it won't grow. It will just sit in the gravel or get picked up by the filter and get eaten by the bacteria.
A big water change will dilute most of it out and that's about all you need to do.

 

[s007]

As ive done 50% water change this morning now all seems to be clearing out but looking at my filter media it looks like it needs to be changed it done good work, fish seems to me as usual and water much much cleaner in compare to what was b4 id say it looks 80-85% cleaner then this morning.

Ill do another 50-60% water change tomorrow morning as Colin suggested im sure it will be all good.

Ill probably have to make another thing for CO2 reactor: from reactor tube to another 25ml bottle tightly sealed and from there another tube to aquarium co2 ladder to prevent such thing happening in the future so if co2 leakes it will go to that 25ml bottle... and a thought u never think it ts gona happen to u lol.

Thanks all guys for fast reply with this problem

 

[Colin_T]

is your CO2 bottle above the tank? If so have it lower than the tank. Then it will be harder for any liquid to travel up the airline.

 

[Lateral Line]

I use a "knock out pot" on yeast CO2 systems. Basically, I have an empty bottle beside the reaction bottle and run the CO2 line from the reactor to the empty bottle. Then I run a second line from the empty bottle to the CO2 delivery. If the reaction gets a little to keen, the gunk drops into the empty bottle and doesn't go into the tank.

 

[s007]

Knock out pot is what i was thinking off, i just need to make sure i seal it properly so none co2 will escape. And no i keep CO2 beside my tank not above it, its my 4th time or 4th month i had it and its the first it happened, Any idea on sealing it? can i use superglue?

Cheers!
Sergey

 

[sharpshark]

Yeah superglue works, or a holt melt glue gun or silicone, I had the same thing happen when one of my little monsters knocked a bottle over when I was sleeping, I tried water changes but the tank was never the same, I had to completley start again substrate an all. Hope you don't have to.