Good to hear Ken, sounds like your tank has begun to recover. The smell you
had in the tank was just that, electrical burn smell. It is one of the worst
and most challening smells to remove from anything. Your water, substrate
and tank itself (plus your sump and any other equipment in the system) had
absorbed it, and now the carbon has pulled it out. I would continue to run
carbon for a while longer (personally I run it all the time now). As far as
fish, obviously, you are going to want a reef safe fish. Take your time, and
pick a NICE mix of fish, maybe some that you realized you would really love
to have after you had finsished stocking prior to your accident. You
probably are going to need some type of algae eating fish, so a nice small
tang might be a start, or a six line wrasse, or a royal gramma, long nose
hawk or a small school of chromis or cardinals. Those would all be a good
"test" type fish that would also be fish that could be kept in the reef
indefinetly. Personally, I would add a fish soon to make sure things are
smoothed out, but not to let your bacteria counts drop to low in the tank
(you need fish to help those stay balanced over time).
IMO,
Shane C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Ziggy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 7:18 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks Nancy.I'd like to also report that the burning smell has gone away
> altogether.I just don't know what to do next.When and what type of fish to
> add???
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Farlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
>
>
> > Cuprisorb is a resin designed specifically for removing copper, sold by
> Seachem. (Do a search on the net and you'll find more info and someone who
> sells it - if your local lfs doesn't.) Polyfilters will also remove
> copper,
> but since that is probably the worst of the heavy metals that your heater
> explosion could contribute to your tank, using Cuprisorb in addition may
> be
> a good idea.
> >
> > Nancy
> >
> >
> > >Subject: Re: Please Help!!!!!!!!
> > >From: "Ziggy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:46:28 -0400
> > >
> > >Thanks for the info and the offer for the water.I changed 35 gallons
> today
> > >so far and the corals are coming around.I did go to my lfs and bought a
> big
> > >plastic barrell today I think 55 gallons.I should have plenty of water
> by
> > >morning.Thanks anyway.I 'll keep your offer on the back burner just in
> > >case.What is cuprisorb and who makes it?I've never heard of it.Thanks
> again
> > >Ken.
> >
> >
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