LFS water in tank

txcareybear · 11/15/2014, 04:07 PM

When introducing a couple peppermint shrimp, the bag slipped and some of the water from the fish store mixed in to my 24gal nano cube. The shrimp escaped and went right to work without my help.

Tomorrow is water change day anyway, but do I need to do anything else?

JackandJill · 11/15/2014, 04:09 PM

There is nothing you can do

Teenreefer15 · 11/15/2014, 04:34 PM

All you can really do is hope for the best. Haha. Wish you luck.

thegrun · 11/15/2014, 05:58 PM

coming from an invertebrate tank at least there will not be copper in the water, if it was a fish there would be a good chance there was copper in the water.

Sk8r · 11/15/2014, 05:59 PM

Oops. But of all things you could drop in, probably water from inverts is the most benign: inverts don't get ich and they don't carry ich if kept isolated from fishes; their water is usually 1.024 salinity on the nose, and they don't get fish diseases or fishy parasites. So just kind of watch it, in case some fishy plague got in, but the chances of that from a shrimp bag are about like those of getting struck by lightning, so don't lose any sleep over it.

ca1ore · 11/15/2014, 06:25 PM

I've lost count of the number of times I've spilled shipping water into my display by accident. Even if it contained copper, the dilution effect would render it essentially harmless. I'd not sweat it in the least.

Teenreefer15 · 11/15/2014, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sk8r

Oops. But of all things you could drop in, probably water from inverts is the most benign: inverts don't get ich and they don't carry ich if kept isolated from fishes; their water is usually 1.024 salinity on the nose, and they don't get fish diseases or fishy parasites. So just kind of watch it, in case some fishy plague got in, but the chances of that from a shrimp bag are about like those of getting struck by lightning, so don't lose any sleep over it.

agreed. There is also no copper in an invert tank so you really have nothing to worry about.

11/15/2014, 04:07 PM	#1
txcareybear Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 2	LFS water in tank When introducing a couple peppermint shrimp, the bag slipped and some of the water from the fish store mixed in to my 24gal nano cube. The shrimp escaped and went right to work without my help. Tomorrow is water change day anyway, but do I need to do anything else?

11/15/2014, 05:59 PM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Oops. But of all things you could drop in, probably water from inverts is the most benign: inverts don't get ich and they don't carry ich if kept isolated from fishes; their water is usually 1.024 salinity on the nose, and they don't get fish diseases or fishy parasites. So just kind of watch it, in case some fishy plague got in, but the chances of that from a shrimp bag are about like those of getting struck by lightning, so don't lose any sleep over it. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

11/15/2014, 06:25 PM	#6
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	I've lost count of the number of times I've spilled shipping water into my display by accident. Even if it contained copper, the dilution effect would render it essentially harmless. I'd not sweat it in the least. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

11/15/2014, 04:09 PM	#2
JackandJill Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 249	There is nothing you can do

11/15/2014, 04:34 PM	#3
Teenreefer15 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: New Jersey Posts: 479	All you can really do is hope for the best. Haha. Wish you luck.

11/15/2014, 05:58 PM	#4
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	coming from an invertebrate tank at least there will not be copper in the water, if it was a fish there would be a good chance there was copper in the water.