I would say the same as Shane, use the salt water imediately after you mix
it for about 20 mins.
And talking about activated carbon, I�ve used it on my tanks at all times,
there was always a bag with carbon, but some one told me to take it out
because it did more damage than good. Now my tanks has been with no carbon
for about 3 weeks and everything is ok.
My question is this: Are you in pro of carbon or you don�t like to use
it??? Any reason??
Marco
-----Original Message-----
From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Viernes, 14 de Septiembre de 2001 12:20 p.m.
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Please Help!!!!!!!!
Ken,
Did the temperature in your tank go up? I am wondering if the heater stuck
on and overheated the water before it broke, or if it just shattered. Please
dont blame yourself, you had a faulty piece of equipment. We cant blame
ourselves for things that are out of our control.
Now, for the immediate need. Good idea on the poly filters and carbon. I
would continue to run those. You can use your salt mix as soon as it mixes,
but I would give it 15 - 20 minutes of solid heavy mixing. If you can throw
extra powerheads in their to really mix it, do so.
I am hesitant to say it was chemicals in the heater that caused your fishes
to die, but it is possible. Check your temp, please.
I know this sucks, I have had similar situations. Just do what you can to
fix it, and move on.
Let us know temp and progress.
Shane C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:09 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Please Help!!!!!!!!
>
> My Heater in my sump actually exploded and burned.It was a brand new one I
> just bought.I forget the name.I'm really bummed out.All my fish exept my
> watchman goby died and he isn't doing very well.I emptied the sump and
> cleaned all the broken glass out and changed the water in the sump.I put
> three layers of polyfilters in and activated carbon.I only had a 5 gallon
> bucket of fresh saltwater to do a water change on my 75 gallon
> reeftank.I'm mixing as much as I can as fast as my ro/di unit can kep up
> with.How long really do I have to wait before I can use the new mix.I know
> they say 24 hours but this is an emergency.The bag actually says
> emediately.Can I do this in this situation.My skimmer is on full tilk
> also.I have lots of corals and 150 pounds of live rock I need to
> save.Anyone with any suggestion's please help me.I don't know if I should
> get any other chemical filter like chemi-pure or not?Dumby me I didn't
> have a ground probe on the tank either.But I'm running out to get one
> now.I feel like I just let my tank down.I feel bad enough whats going on
> with what happened in new york and the pentegon.Now I feel down right
> deppressed.If anyone can help please respond asap.Thanks Ken.My email is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you need it.
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