Help is there anything I can do

breutus · 03/11/2008, 06:06 PM

I am not sure what it even did to the tank but...

I have fans in my canopy just computer fans that are run off a 12v dc plug with two wires that have quick lock plugs on the end.

well when I took the canopy off today to do some work on the tank I guess those wires fell in the tank!!! i didn't notice for like 15 minutes when I realized that every coral in the tank had shrunken up like never before and even started peeling away at the skin on many of the corals. The plugs in the water were letting off bubbles of some kind?

Is there something I should do I don't want to loose half the corals in the tank. Any help any thoughts!

I took a pic of what a lot of the corals are doing, it seems like there just melting away, and quickly

Lucas

breutus · 03/11/2008, 06:35 PM

NO thoughts???

erendon · 03/11/2008, 07:16 PM

I would do a water change, run some carbon and just give it time.
I had one end of my t-5 54w in the tank at one point in time. It had fallen from my fixture (I'm talking about the whole fixture).

NanoCube-boy · 03/11/2008, 07:21 PM

Try checking your water parameter and temperature and see in it's in the range.

BLKTANG · 03/11/2008, 07:24 PM

I agree,lotsa carbon,& a good hefty water change.

prickles · 03/11/2008, 09:10 PM

I'm surprised no one has mentioned a GFCI and a grounding probe. Whatever happens, make sure it doesn't happen again, or even worse. You can get extension cords with gfci's on them from online retailers.

NanoCube-boy · 03/11/2008, 10:18 PM

what ground electrical stuff has to do with it? Then again, I remember that sometimes when having too much pumps or heater can transfer small electricity through the water at the smallest amount of volt, but can harm a fish, corals and or inverts.

Tang Salad · 03/11/2008, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by breutus
The plugs in the water were letting off bubbles of some kind?

That was electrolysis~ electricity splitting H2O into H and O.

Tang Salad · 03/11/2008, 10:44 PM

Forget to add: You should do a massive water change. Do 90% if you can.

NanoCube-boy · 03/11/2008, 11:10 PM

oh!!!

flyyyguy · 03/11/2008, 11:30 PM

mesenterial filaments on that coral you pictured. Not a sign of dying necessarily. they are actually digestive organs that can protrude in times of stress or in acts of aggression

all you can do is do the wter change and hope for the best at this point.

good luck

Ehaze · 03/12/2008, 12:05 AM

that sucks man, sorry to hear..

NanoCube-boy · 03/12/2008, 12:17 PM

My frogspawn did that but it survive because I adjust the water parameters and water change as well.

finfan4u · 03/12/2008, 12:26 PM

I dont think you would have killed anything. If it was bad you would have tripped a beaker or two. It looks to me that u more or less Pi$$ed them off

NanoCube-boy · 03/12/2008, 12:44 PM

I agree, you tick them off buy your water parameters. Just adjust your calcium, lower your nitrate/trite, amonia, ph, and dkh then you"ok be fine. That's water happen to my froggy.

sk8rreefgeek · 03/12/2008, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by erendon
I would do a water change, run some carbon and just give it time.
I had one end of my t-5 54w in the tank at one point in time. It had fallen from my fixture (I'm talking about the whole fixture).

how did that happen?

03/11/2008, 06:06 PM	#1
breutus Don't ask me, I'm wrong. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: House Springs Posts: 2,272	Help is there anything I can do I am not sure what it even did to the tank but... I have fans in my canopy just computer fans that are run off a 12v dc plug with two wires that have quick lock plugs on the end. well when I took the canopy off today to do some work on the tank I guess those wires fell in the tank!!! i didn't notice for like 15 minutes when I realized that every coral in the tank had shrunken up like never before and even started peeling away at the skin on many of the corals. The plugs in the water were letting off bubbles of some kind? Is there something I should do I don't want to loose half the corals in the tank. Any help any thoughts! I took a pic of what a lot of the corals are doing, it seems like there just melting away, and quickly Lucas

03/11/2008, 07:16 PM	#3
erendon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 444	I would do a water change, run some carbon and just give it time. I had one end of my t-5 54w in the tank at one point in time. It had fallen from my fixture (I'm talking about the whole fixture). __________________ He who tries and fails is wiser than he who does not try out of fear of failure. Current Tank Info: 180 Gal Reef, DYI fuge/sump, 3x 250's, 1400 K phoenix.

03/11/2008, 07:24 PM	#5
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	I agree,lotsa carbon,& a good hefty water change. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/11/2008, 10:44 PM	#9
Tang Salad Algae skeptic Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 78702 Posts: 3,098	Forget to add: You should do a massive water change. Do 90% if you can. __________________ Your algae is not special. Current Tank Info: TBD ADA 120-P SPS NLPS

03/11/2008, 11:30 PM	#11
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	mesenterial filaments on that coral you pictured. Not a sign of dying necessarily. they are actually digestive organs that can protrude in times of stress or in acts of aggression all you can do is do the wter change and hope for the best at this point. good luck __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

03/11/2008, 06:35 PM	#2
breutus Don't ask me, I'm wrong. Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: House Springs Posts: 2,272	NO thoughts???

03/11/2008, 07:21 PM	#4
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	Try checking your water parameter and temperature and see in it's in the range.

03/11/2008, 09:10 PM	#6
prickles Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 1,138	I'm surprised no one has mentioned a GFCI and a grounding probe. Whatever happens, make sure it doesn't happen again, or even worse. You can get extension cords with gfci's on them from online retailers.

03/11/2008, 10:18 PM	#7
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	what ground electrical stuff has to do with it? Then again, I remember that sometimes when having too much pumps or heater can transfer small electricity through the water at the smallest amount of volt, but can harm a fish, corals and or inverts.

03/11/2008, 11:10 PM	#10
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	oh!!!

03/12/2008, 12:05 AM	#12
Ehaze Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Thornton, Colorado Posts: 1,259	that sucks man, sorry to hear.. __________________ 75g SPS tank, 30gal sump/refuge. Melev RO/DI, Coravue duel calc reactor, MSP 200 skimmer, 2 Vortech MP40, Mag drive 9.5 return, autotopoff.com ATO, 2 CoralVue 250W SE finished pendants(with 20k Radium bulbs), powered by 2x Icecap ballasts, controlled by a ACJR.

03/12/2008, 12:17 PM	#13
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	My frogspawn did that but it survive because I adjust the water parameters and water change as well.

03/12/2008, 12:26 PM	#14
finfan4u Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chambersburg Posts: 91	I dont think you would have killed anything. If it was bad you would have tripped a beaker or two. It looks to me that u more or less Pi$$ed them off

03/12/2008, 12:44 PM	#15
NanoCube-boy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,930	I agree, you tick them off buy your water parameters. Just adjust your calcium, lower your nitrate/trite, amonia, ph, and dkh then you"ok be fine. That's water happen to my froggy.