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Re: Neutralizing dish soap accident
I'd tell him to forget the chemicals and go with water changes. Lots of
water changes. The chemicals will do lots of harm, and absolutely no
good in that context.
-Gary
Jason Owens wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My friend Mike believes he has accidentally introduced some dish soap into
> his tank. His pH skyrocketed to above 8.0 right after a water change,
> making him think that someone may have used one of his fish-only water
> bucket for household cleaning. The fish are all still alive - so it's not a
> complete disaster - but they are displaying unhappy behavior. He's using pH
> balancer to try to get back to 7.0...but it keeps testing alkaline. Any
> advice out there?
>
> Another big water change? Just get the pH down using chemicals for now and
> let the tank stabilize? Dismantle the whole thing???
>
> Thanks,
> Jason
>
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