HELP!!!!! Co2 disaster!!!

[jeffro426]

I come down stairs yesterday morning to find my DIY C02 bottle laying on its side...a little big but probably not more than 1/2 a cup of the mixture expelled into the tank. Anyways, i did a 50 % water change and hoped everything would be ok. I come home from work today only to find the tank SUPER cloudy and theres this white slimmy crap growing on EVERYTYHING!!! HELP!! What do i do? It doesnt seem to be affecting the fish and my water parameters are still within range. If i take everything but the substrate out and scrub it well and change nearly all the water will it be enough???

[Leopardess]

Hehe. I can't help but laugh. I have the same post subject going atm in Aquatic Plants...except 1 liter of my mix went in. I wouldn't take everything out. Just water change, water change, water change. I am comforted in hearing that you have the slimy white crap too. Mine kind of looks like boogery, white hair algae. Lovely really,:rolleyes: :sick:

Mine is still SUPER cloudy after 4 days. Ive been doing 4-5 large water changes each day and would suggest the same:) It should be okay with time.


Here's the thread:

http://aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23892

I didn't get many responses, but you can see what I went through...

[jeffro426]

Well, ive been looking for a good excuse to break down the tank and change the gravel to sand....i took it all apart and put the inhabitants in my quaranteen tank for the next couple days. I replaced the gravel with a nice clean light grey sand i found at lowes...really nice stuff for 5 bucks!! Anyways, i put my XP3 on it too and it cleared the water up in probably 2 hours...im quite impressed with it!

[dethjam316]

wouldn't that drastically effect the pH in the tank?

[jeffro426]

Originally posted by dethjam316
wouldn't that drastically effect the pH in the tank?
What the sand or the C02 crap?? Neither have really seemed to make it move around much...im usually right about 7.8 to 8.0 and i tested when i found the cloudiness at 7.8. After changing out the gravel and doing a near complete water change(cycling with some of the old gravel and filter peices) im at 8.0 again. Our water is pretty hard, but consistant.

[dethjam316]

the co2

[125gJoe]

jeffro426 - I see you also have an xP-3....

I'm not sure how the CO2 container you have now -tipped over- but, don't allow a pressurized CO2 bottle get -tipped over- That could be a major problem!

[jeffro426]

Originally posted by dethjam316
the co2
I thought it would too, but suprizingly enough it never really affected it...i think the lowest it ever dropped was around 7.4