Co2 Yeast Diy Mix Leaked Into The Tank!

[craynerd]

I went a bit crazy yesterday trying to get a good mix and ended up leaking yeast into the tank for about 20 mins, when it went cloudy i noticed it!!

I did 40% water change and then did another 15% this morning! The water is almost clear, even before i water changed this morning! It mustn`t have been a lot escaped into the tank!

Basically my question is: the water is clear, the fish are alive and seem happy.....is there anything i should be looking out for or is that the end of it!?

......obviously, i`m gonna build myself an overflow system before i attempt to reconnect!!

can i just confirm...it was only bubbling the yeast into my tank....i.e the foam coming through the tube into the tank! The actual solution/mix didnt flow in or anything!

 

[Discomafia]

Yea, and an airstone as well.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I had a similar problem when I first attached my nutrafin system, thankfully
I noticed it just as the yeast mix started leaving the air line.
However a small amount did escape into the tank .... I did pretty much what you have done and have seen no side effects on fish or water readings.

The only other thing I did was a few extra water changes - 20% every 2 days for a week. The water was clear but I just wanted to be sure.
Once the water looked clear I also washed my filter media (in tank water) as I didnt want some sort of yeast growth in my filter ....

Good luck ..... I know it's a bit of a worry, but hopefully it will all be OK

 

[G_Sharky]

I had that happened to me a few times where the tank was like a milkshake....the cause of this on the nutrafin system is overfilling it with water and putting a lot of yeast in there....I didn't do anything I just let the filter catch it up and it would eventually clear out within 24 hours and no ill effect on the fish and plants...not a big deal IMO I haven't loss a fish or have the fish act strange during the leakdown...

 

[vic]

To avoid this happening again, get a 2 litre pop bottle (the trap) and put two air line size holes in the top. Run the outlet line from your generator into the trap down to about 1/3 way up from the botton. Run a second air line from very near the top of the trap to your tank. The result is if any "fluid" winds up in the trap it can't get to the outlet line to your tank. The lines through the top of the cap must be sealed or there will be no CO2 to the tank. The outlet line to the tank should have a check valve to prevent the dreaded syphon of the tank onto the floor.
Cheers;

 

[craynerd]

Just done water chem checks, pH seems to have changed from 6.6/6.8 to 7.4 !!!

I`m gonna do another 20% but should i clean the filter, i`m reluctant to tho, since i`m in mid cycle!

Ammonia, nitirite and nitrate are all 0 , is that because i`ve changed so much water recently?

 

[craynerd]

Hi fish-killer

Yes, the thing is it cant be anything to do with CO2 ...since my tap water that i`m water changing with is 6.8 ...therefore for it to rise to 7.4 it can`t be because of reduced CO2...does this make sense!

Must be something else in the water thats changing my pH, thats why i was wondering maybe the yeast was effecting it somehow?

EDIT:

Basically, i`ve added pH 6.8 tap water and its now rose to 7.4, can`t be anything to do with CO2 since it isnt connected yet anyway!

 

[craynerd]

Well i only did 20% water change and now 3 hours later the pH is almost perfect 6.8-7 !!! It seems unlikely it would reduce to this in such a short time and small change of water.

I know this is pathetic, but i`m a nooby and learning from my mistakes! I wonder if i`m not washing my test tubes out properly and therefore they are giving me a false reading?!

Anyway....its fine now!

And been to LFS (a new one i have discovered about 10mile away! FanTastic!) got myself some glosso! WELL CHUFFED!

Thanks for all ur help again

Chris

 

[russellbrooke]

I've had a similar problem. When using a diy co2 kit, our cats got behind the tank and knocked the bottle over, forcing contents from the bottle into the tank. The ph changed, lost a few fish. I changed to a c02 bottle instead!

It sounds like you caught it in good time.

As far as the ph changing, it must be because contents of the bottle have got into your tank. I'm not 100% sure of the chemical process of diy co2, but i assume alcohol is produced. This in turn has entered your tank causing a ph change. Anyways, to fix my fluff up, i did several water changes, added a carbon filter and the tank survived and the rest of the occupants survived.