NEED HELP AND FAST
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Topic: NEED HELP AND FAST
Posted By: jcoulter17
Subject: NEED HELP AND FAST
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 10:30pm
| I just chopped up my tiger tail cucumber in my MP60. Whats the best thing I can do now or need to do? |
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Posted By: BillyC
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 10:43pm
| Large water change and lots of carbon is what I would do. I'm sure youre aware of the toxins cucumbers can release when killed. |
Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 10:46pm
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Yes I'm aware of that Im going to start the carbon tonight and do the water change tomorrow. How much carbon should I used? I guess with both tanks and the sump it about 350g I taken out most of the cucumber |
Posted By: arthuriv
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 11:24pm
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Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 11:35pm
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Yup I know all about that. I was just seeing if anyone has been thought this before and what you did to fix it. |
Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: November 30 2011 at 11:41pm
| Well right now I think it just cut off a little tip of the cucumber and right now it look like a small, hard turd-like lump but is slowly looking better. |
Posted By: bfessler
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 12:25am
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So the cucumber is still alive? I'd remove it from the system to make sure it doesn't eventually die and poison the tank. It's easier to replace the cucumber than to start over. ------------- Burt An equal opportunity reefer, I support all hobbyists and organizations involved in Marine Aquarium Keeping. [email protected] |
Posted By: Laird
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 9:48am
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Water change and carbon is all I can think of too. My tank is full of them, it just keeps splitting. I wish it wasnt... They are super cool but I don't like the risks they bring. ------------- Indefinite hiatus from sw aquariums. Once I have my glorious return I'll set back up the following. 50 Gallon rimless cube. 180 Gallons mixed reef paradise |
Posted By: bbauman
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 11:38am
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I agree with taking any precautions mentioned above. Good luck - I hope you don't see any drastic effects. ------------- 28g Cube http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=23030" rel="nofollow - Beginners Guide to Saltwater Aquariums Brandon in West Jordan |
Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 12:33pm
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i remove it from the tank last night and it's still alive right now |
Posted By: jmw
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 5:44pm
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I'm not so sure I agree with a large water change, because that will just add an extra shock to the tank. I had a tiger tail die about 2 weeks ago. I came home and immeditely noticed something wrong. After looking closely I noticed a slime...everywhere. My first thought was large water change but started thinking how much water would you have to change to make a big difference...50-70%? I cleaned all filters, my mp10 and mp40 covers were so slimely it felt like holding a fish!!! I put the filters back in and left them on for around 15-30 minutes, cleaned and repeated until slime was almost gone, during that time I set up a magnum 350 with fresh carbon. I then removed all filters and ran the magnum for 1 day, removed, cleaned and replaced the carbon. Ran it for 2 days straight and only had minimal coral loss.
Oh yea, no fish loss!!!!
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Posted By: jcoulter17
Date Posted: December 01 2011 at 7:42pm
 Thank you jmw for the good info. I think everything ok. I did put carbon in my tank last night and everything is still looking good
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