[APD] Re: spilled co2 mixture

[Bill Wichers <billw at waveform_net>]

> It's the end of a very bad day :( I woke up this mourning to a very, very, 
> very clouded aquarium, I guess my cat, no wait, my wifes cat got under my 
> aquarium and knocked the bottle of suger and yeast over. Needless to say 
> almost all of it ended up in the aquarium :( About 12 hours ago I did a 
> 50% water change and charged my diatom filter. I let it run for a few 
> hours and the aquarium wasn't clearing up. I back flushed it to make sure 
> it was working. It's now 12 hours later and my aquarium still hasn't 
> cleared. I'm going to do another 50% water change in the mourning. Is 
> there anything else I can do? Has this happened to anyone else? How long 
> should it take to clear up? I'm guessing about 1 liter was dumped into the 
> aquarium.
> Thankyou to anyone who can help,
>
> Matt

A thought for everyone out there using DIY CO2 systems:

There is a nifty little gadget we in the telecommunications industry have 
for cable management that is basically a velcro strip with the hooks on one 
side and the loops on the other. It works something like double-sided tape, 
and can be wrapped around things and it sticks to itself. Maybe this stuff 
would be useful to HOLD THE DIY CO2 BOTTLE TO A LEG OF YOUR TANK STAND? The 
stuff isn't super cheap, around $1/foot or so, but you'd only need a few 
feet and it's easy to get from computer networking places (try CDW and 
Datacomm Warehouse). I just thought of this while reading this post and 
thought I'd mention it in the hopes it might help someone.

For your tank clearing problem, there are a bunch of articles on this on 
the Krib in the CO2 section (under plant gadgets). Usually it takes a few 
days and several water changes, but as long as you tend to your tank you 
should make it through the event OK.

        -Bill



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