Ok, so a few weeks ago my brother came to drop some stuff off in my apt. while I was at work and he noticed that the fish tank was 1/3 full due to the HOB fuge being clogged and water escaping from the back of the tank. He didn't want the fish to and corals to die so he unplugged the water pump to the fuge and proceeded to add tapwater from the faucet to replace the water. Needless to say everything was dead the following day. My question is, is the live rock and sand in the tank salvagable? I live in Manhattan 10011 just in case anyone familiar with Manhattan tapwater could give me any insight. Thank you in advance!
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- Thread starter asianer
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I a so sorry to hear of your loss. By adding tap water without a conditioner he also added chlorine & other chemicals. If he had added a water conditioner I believe the worst that would have happend would have been a small spike in phosphates.
Now don't go blaming him, he was only trying to help.
Now don't go blaming him, he was only trying to help.
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- Flushing, NY
The rock is definitely salvageable. The sand may be depending on dirty it is, and if you want to reuse it.
The the 2 posts above me is correct, it has nothing to do with Manhattan tapwater, just tapwater in general. It lowered the salinity too fast and added chlorine.
The the 2 posts above me is correct, it has nothing to do with Manhattan tapwater, just tapwater in general. It lowered the salinity too fast and added chlorine.
- Location
- Flushing, NY
If you never removed the rock from the water yet.. I wouldn't worry about cycling it
The salinity dropped down to about 1.015 or so which isn't good for corals, but its fine for live rock to stay live.
But there might have been some die off from all your living things so there could be ammonia which needs to cycle away which shouldn't take long since it was a cycled tank before
The salinity dropped down to about 1.015 or so which isn't good for corals, but its fine for live rock to stay live.
But there might have been some die off from all your living things so there could be ammonia which needs to cycle away which shouldn't take long since it was a cycled tank before
- Location
- Flushing NY 11355
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- Staten Island
Hey this is a good time to get rid of the sand and go bare bottom...
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- Flushing, NY
Now is the time to upgrade your tank! 
And I wouldn't setup a tank without sand because I like it too much
Bare bottom allows you to see all the detritus so you can either suck it up, or you need a stronger flow/skimmer to the skimmer can suck it up.
IMO, it wouldn't make sense to have bare bottom unless you're doing a large tank, and SPS.
Even then, its only optional because there are other ways to keep your nutrients low
And I wouldn't setup a tank without sand because I like it too much
Bare bottom allows you to see all the detritus so you can either suck it up, or you need a stronger flow/skimmer to the skimmer can suck it up.
IMO, it wouldn't make sense to have bare bottom unless you're doing a large tank, and SPS.
Even then, its only optional because there are other ways to keep your nutrients low
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- Flushing, NY
I thought your bed is taking up too much space :lol2:
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