my daughter put 4 pounds of sugar in my tank 90 percent of the sugar have desolved by the time i discovered the bag floating in my tank. i have been cycling the tank for 4 months and it just got where i wanted it till my daughter put sugar in it what effects do i look foward in seeing in my tank there no animal in there thankfully. what should i do. i have two filters one canister and a wet/dry and skimmer. i have a 90 gallon tank and also a gfo reactor in the back do i have to start over or should i basically add more carbon to my filter.
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gone fishin
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That was a monster carbon dose. Do some large WC's, run carbon and ride it out. You will more than likely get a nice bacteria bloom but it should go away as the sugar is used up. Good luck.
heathlindner25
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If you have a ro/di unit with water ready and a box of salt I would drain it and refill it with new water
Adding sugar, vinegar, or vodka (all are carbon sources) is a way to reduce nitrates, but you do it by the teaspoon. It will fuel a massive bacterial bloom, which a really good skimmer can help a lot---and the bacteria may eat up nitrates, if you had any excess. The problem may be that it's so extreme it disturbs the ordinary cycle of the tank.
My prescription would be dilute, dilute, dilute---and skim, skim, skim. Make up salt water, start with a 30-40% change and just keep doing 20% water changes every 2 days. Buying salt by the barrel is cheaper...get the biggest container possible, because you're going to need to just keep this going. YOu may see white slime, you may see black skimmate, and the tank may still be ok, because it's not poison that was dropped in, it was bacterial fuel---so just keep at it. There are far worse things that could have gone in.
My prescription would be dilute, dilute, dilute---and skim, skim, skim. Make up salt water, start with a 30-40% change and just keep doing 20% water changes every 2 days. Buying salt by the barrel is cheaper...get the biggest container possible, because you're going to need to just keep this going. YOu may see white slime, you may see black skimmate, and the tank may still be ok, because it's not poison that was dropped in, it was bacterial fuel---so just keep at it. There are far worse things that could have gone in.
heathlindner25
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What did you end up doing?
