Emergency water change... please help!!!

popal · 01/29/2006, 11:11 AM

HELP!!!

today my toadstool leather had a huge hole in its side and was rotting away at the bottom

LFS told me 2 chuck it away so i did they said if i leave it in there it will release toxins and kill everything

all other corals are fine. zoos,xenia,shrooms. anyway i need 2 do an emergency water change and need 2 how long i have to leave the water 4 the water change b4 i can do the water change?

any ideas of what could of caused this 2 happen 2 my toadstool?
iv had the toadstool 2 weeks 2day and it had not stood up since i got it, and now this happens!!!

please reply asap

Michael

popal · 01/29/2006, 11:27 AM

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popal · 01/29/2006, 12:04 PM

anyone!!!

Gobie · 01/29/2006, 12:19 PM

The coral was dead when you got it. Some of it probably could have been saved. As for it causing a problem in your tank, I highly doubt it. You can mix a batch of water and use it right away if you are doing small water changes, I do it all the time.

DJM32189 · 01/29/2006, 01:22 PM

For future reference, most corals, if under proper lighting and good water quality can sometimes recover or can be fragmented as to keep a small section of non-dead coral. This part may then grow into a new coral. I probably would not have thrown it away. Even LPS and SPS can be revived even if they are bleached. However, this requires a lot of work. This is to my knowledge, however.

outprowllin · 01/29/2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by Gobie
You can mix a batch of water and use it right away if you are doing small water changes, I do it all the time.

i do not recommend doing this. mixed water should stand with a power head of air stone for at least 12 hours but preferably 14 hour. this will allow all of the elements to disolve back into solution and also it will give the ph time to stablize . ph tends to fluctuate for the first 12 hours or so to to the newness of the mixture...freshly made water often has very low oxygen levels also...after a certain amount of time the oxygen levels rise, the ph stableizes and you can match the temp of your tank with the new water...this method will certainly provide the least stressful changes to your tank inhabitints.......i an emergency case id advise keeping 10 gallons of freshly mixed water on hand at all times.. i always remix new water as soon as im done with a water change,,,that way i always have 15 gallons on hand...either that or find a lfs in your area that sells mixeed saltwater and purchase it from them. just my opinion....it works best for me....jaime

01/29/2006, 11:11 AM	#1
popal Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex,England Posts: 359	Emergency water change... please help!!! HELP!!! today my toadstool leather had a huge hole in its side and was rotting away at the bottom LFS told me 2 chuck it away so i did they said if i leave it in there it will release toxins and kill everything all other corals are fine. zoos,xenia,shrooms. anyway i need 2 do an emergency water change and need 2 how long i have to leave the water 4 the water change b4 i can do the water change? any ideas of what could of caused this 2 happen 2 my toadstool? iv had the toadstool 2 weeks 2day and it had not stood up since i got it, and now this happens!!! please reply asap Michael

01/29/2006, 11:27 AM	#2
popal Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex,England Posts: 359	^

01/29/2006, 12:04 PM	#3
popal Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex,England Posts: 359	anyone!!!

01/29/2006, 12:19 PM	#4
Gobie Awaiting Email Confirmation Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 668	The coral was dead when you got it. Some of it probably could have been saved. As for it causing a problem in your tank, I highly doubt it. You can mix a batch of water and use it right away if you are doing small water changes, I do it all the time.

01/29/2006, 01:22 PM	#5
DJM32189 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 150	For future reference, most corals, if under proper lighting and good water quality can sometimes recover or can be fragmented as to keep a small section of non-dead coral. This part may then grow into a new coral. I probably would not have thrown it away. Even LPS and SPS can be revived even if they are bleached. However, this requires a lot of work. This is to my knowledge, however.