I don't know if it will hurt the fish or not, but I am not taking the chance. I am going to keep him in the QT for tonight and just keep changing water and vacuuming through tomorrow.
HELP!!!
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Tomorrow I might think it is funny....Tonight I am ready to do bodily harm.....I won't, but that doesn't mean I don't want to.
snoopy i have tried 2 other search engines and can find nothing that can hurt your fish, watch out for a bacterial bloom from the excess nutrients and do your water changes it should be fine
Well thats good. I took about 90% of the water out and refilled it. In the morning will do again.
Snoopy65,
I'd do a water change, but wouldn't be overly concerned. Any heterotrophic microbes in the tank will utilize and breakdown the sugar, and the autotrophs will finish the rest off.
Nitrobacter and Nitrosomonas won't be affected. Sugar is actually one chemical I add to the bioreactors at work (I'm assistant superintendent for a waste water treatment plant in an oil refinery) when "food" is low to maintain the heterotroph population. Bushwhacker is right about the potential for a bacterial bloom. With the amount that was added it shouldn't be too severe if it occurs at all.
The biggest concern with a bloom of heterotrophic bacteria is the possibility of dissimilation when the "food" is gone. This is when they start "eating" nitrates in the absence of a more appropriate energy source, and converting the nitrate back to nitrite and then back to ammonia. This can potentially overwhelm the nitrifiers' ability for conversion until the population of nitrifying bacteria can catch up. Many heterotrophic bacteria are motile, so if ya get a cloudy or milky appearance in the water do another water change.
I'd be surprised if ya see any direct affect on the betta or the plants. Everything that is taking place is on a much lower level right now, and if ya did a decent water change, ya probably won't see any effect at all.
WYite
I'd do a water change, but wouldn't be overly concerned. Any heterotrophic microbes in the tank will utilize and breakdown the sugar, and the autotrophs will finish the rest off.
Nitrobacter and Nitrosomonas won't be affected. Sugar is actually one chemical I add to the bioreactors at work (I'm assistant superintendent for a waste water treatment plant in an oil refinery) when "food" is low to maintain the heterotroph population. Bushwhacker is right about the potential for a bacterial bloom. With the amount that was added it shouldn't be too severe if it occurs at all.
The biggest concern with a bloom of heterotrophic bacteria is the possibility of dissimilation when the "food" is gone. This is when they start "eating" nitrates in the absence of a more appropriate energy source, and converting the nitrate back to nitrite and then back to ammonia. This can potentially overwhelm the nitrifiers' ability for conversion until the population of nitrifying bacteria can catch up. Many heterotrophic bacteria are motile, so if ya get a cloudy or milky appearance in the water do another water change.
I'd be surprised if ya see any direct affect on the betta or the plants. Everything that is taking place is on a much lower level right now, and if ya did a decent water change, ya probably won't see any effect at all.
WYite
somehow, a very sugar drink got in my tank (crazy friends :mad2
. grey slime, tons of it. all over the plants, the gravel, in the filter. ohhh, the water changes. i lost a yoyo loach 
. hope you niped the problem in the butt
. grey slime, tons of it. all over the plants, the gravel, in the filter. ohhh, the water changes. i lost a yoyo loach . hope you niped the problem in the butt
I'm wondering if she has done it before. Just because I had an outbreak of what I thought was slime algae before. I vacuumed and asked on here. Did a black out for 3 days. The whole bit. But now that I think about it, the problem was only in the front of the tank where the opening is.
She is in trouble for doing it, but it is hard with her as she is 7 years old and somehow she thinks she is helping. Sometimes you can't get your grown friends to understand not to "help" let alone a child.
She is in trouble for doing it, but it is hard with her as she is 7 years old and somehow she thinks she is helping. Sometimes you can't get your grown friends to understand not to "help" let alone a child.
So I did another major water change this morning, making sure to vacuum the substrate really well. I put my betta back in. He seems to be ok. I guess only time will tell if I get to have a bacteria bloom from it.
I just put a small piece of duct tape over the opening door on the tank. Hopefully between explaining to my daughter and the tape, I don't have any more surprises added to it. I just keep thinking what if it had been dish soap or something else that really could have hurt the fish.
I just put a small piece of duct tape over the opening door on the tank. Hopefully between explaining to my daughter and the tape, I don't have any more surprises added to it. I just keep thinking what if it had been dish soap or something else that really could have hurt the fish.
