accidentally replaced filter sock w/o rinsing

[reefkeeperrut]

The tank got all cloudy, all coral polyps immediately retracted, including anenome. When I glanced at the skimmer it looked like dish soap had been introduced meaning white foamy bubbles coming out and over the collection cup.

I did a quick water change and dropped some carbon in the sump but the skimmer is producing a lot of water. At it's normal bubble level I'm getting a solid stream of clear water exiting the collection cup drain.

What can I do? My corals don't look to good. I can't believe an unrinsed filter sock could cause such harm. Has anyone else ever done something this dumb?

 

[reefnetworth]

it should be OK in a day or 2. just let it settle down and refilter. its a mistake you want do again, thats how we sometimes learn. REEF-ON!!!

 

[Yum Cimil]

It won’t be a problem just keep running your skimmer. The soap isn’t toxic, the bags are also used in the food industry.

 

[hansnfrans]

Just b/c it looked like soap coming out of the skimmer, definately doesn't mean that those were soap bubbles coming out into the collection cup. Skimmers react in this manner to many other things. I had my turboflotor 1000 do this in reaction to water that I treated with Seachem's "Prime" and also this reaction happened when I would feed fresh shrimp to my fish. Other people have had a skimmer-reaction like this when they fed Formula 1 to their fish. So it very well might not have been soap that was introduced to the water here (via unrinsed filter sock). I woud just monitor the corals, do a 10 - 20% water change, keep the skimmer running, and run some carbon. That may be overkill, but that's just what I would do here.