FML! I need water ASAP!

[TRIGGERMAN]

I recently got an acan mail order it didn't look great on arrival but I figured give it a few days to adjust and see what happens. I look at my tank in the middle of the night and it's all disgusting cloudy as hell stinking like rotting flesh. The acan is just falling apart crumbling everywhere, my son lost the cards for my test kit and my ro/di is shot so I am pretty much F'd some of my corals are starting to not look so good. I put in some brightwell phosphate remover and instant ocean natural nitrate reducer but it seems like things are getting progressively worse. IF anyone in queens has some pre mixed saltwater I will gladly pay for the salt mix in cash or a frag.

 

[Reeftanker3295]

Sucks man! I wish I could help I have 20 gallons made and ready.
Good luck

 

[James]

if you come to bk i have 7 gallons made in reserve.

 

[knugenx]

I have 10gal rodi in reserve if you need.

 

[brick-brothers]

dam man, sorry to hear about your tank. GL

 

[BYU]

I have about 20-30 gallons ro in my top off and reserve you could have but you gotta pick up after 730
you could have for free just need big containers
text me 917 770 9857
i know how it sucks when things go wrong
im about 15-20 min from you 11507
just let me know
good luck

 

[chinatown]

MA sells RO water for .25 a gallon I believe.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

also if you need SALT water to change immediately, you can consider sea water sold at petco and such. The salinity may be lower than your tank though as most of the reef tank are high like 35ppt.

 

[KathyC]

Most LFS's will sell you rodi water and you could probably get some mixed SW from them too.

Have you added carbon - that would be a good first step - lots of it!

Good luck!

 

[George]

You live in Bayside fer crissake! Go down to Little Neck Bay and get some water. Pathogens will be at a minimum at these tempertures. You're in an emergency situation.

George

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Adding more to the soup when a crisis like this happens will only serve to make things worse. Livestock is already stressed and parameters are probably at the extremes, the goal is to remove, not add. Your best bet for saving as much as possible in an event like this is to add fresh carbon and get a few water changes going. So you weren't doing yourself any favors dumping stuff in but as long as you get the water changes going asap you might be able to save some of what's left.

Ordering corals online can sometimes be a crap shoot as we all know. I don't know how much experience you have with getting corals shipped but sometimes, it's better to not add questionable specimens rather than risk an imbalance in a small system. Like Kathy, said if you can get out, most stores carry RO, but time is key here.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Thanks to everyone who offered water and gave advice! My car is totally buried so I am stuck. I have just been making tap salt water all day. I really need to figure out wtf is up w/ this rodi I got a booster pump and it doesn't do anything. Maybe someone in the area w/ rodi experience can help me out. I always used tap water because this rodi sucks and never had problems. Those that have seen my set ups know they are top notch and all my corals look amazing. This is the only issue I have really had. This is why I hate ordering stuff online! UGH! DAMNN YOU ACAN ADDICTIONNNNNNNNN!

Oh and george I'm sorry buddy but there is no way in hell I'd take water out of that ocean lol Id probably be better off using water from my toilet. HAHA

 

[JARRETT SHARK]

I got over 100gals if you need,LMK

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I was thinking about calling you earlier Jarret but my car is buried I might have to shovel it out and come visit. I need an excuse to see that big tank of yours anyway. It's mixed already?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Dude if you come to Brooklyn give me a heads up and i can make you 10 gallons I live 5 minutes from educator together that's 17 gallons for ya! I would be glad to help.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

I have 20 gallons of distilled. Just got home from Walmart.
You're welcome to it.
It may be saltwater by te time you pick it up. I was going to do a 40% W/C tomorrow.

 

[daisy]

So sorry you had this crisis Today of all days - when we're all snowed in....

How is it going?

 

[fishman1069]

Yo man, sorry to hear! Hope it all works out for you.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Thanks everyone.. I'm trying to get it under control I threw on a aquaclear w/ carbon and zeolite before I even posted and added the brightwell phosphate remover and nitrate remover just to start fighting the problem. My son lost most of the cards for my test kits so I have no idea what my phosphates are at but nitrite and nitrate were through the friggin roof as high as they can go! I had also added a aqua c remora as an extra skimmer. I'm not new to this I know what I'm doing just didn't have water. I usually have a 45 gallon garbage can filled w/ water but my luck that recently sprung a leak and made a mess of my kitchen. Then I was using my old 55 just to hold water.. my display reservoir w/custom stand and canopy haha. But I gues when I threw my mag 12 (yes overkill I know lol) in there to make water I guess it was dirty inside or something because the water got all nasty..slimy foamy brown like a skimmer. I guess I turned it into a skimmer accidentally with all that power and the way it was pointed. That happened to me with my overflow once on 1 of my other tanks, my sock was bubbling up. I actually took a video I should post it. Anyone else ever have that happen?

As far as progress I got bucket w/ powerheads mixing salt water so I'll be doing a 10 gallon change in a lil bit and more throughout the night.

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Update:
Nitrates are down to about I'm thinking 80 from 160+
Nitrite went from 5.0+ -about 2.0
2 skimmers kicking plus the AC hang on.
Everything seems to be doing ok. I'm mixing more saltwater and will be doing another change probably in a few hours because I'm sure I'm not sleeping again.
Gotta love reefing!