Windex and a squeeky clean reef...

[Hairytank]

Hello,

Well my son took it upon himself to help dear old dad and cleaned the tank with Windex...ohh and proceeded to spray it into the tank...:eek:
According to my wife there was not much sprayed in...

Well, there has been significant polyp withdrawl on a number of the corals and the Foxface seemed particularly distressed. Two 25% water changes over two days and things are slowly improving, but I may do another water change..

Thoughts?...other than..."that was a bad idea"...of course

[Sam1969]

Water changes, water changes and more water changes ... My wife did the same thing to my tank 2 years ago and it took several water changes in the period of a week to get the amonia to drop to a reasonable level. you could try an amonia sponge in your sump or your reactor if you have one.

[Myka]

Test your ammonia, nitrite, and nitrates. Do waterchanges as needed. I would stick with 25% daily until it gets better. Some fresh carbon wouldn't be a bad idea either. Should be ok though! :)

[fishytime]

+1 on all above advice.

Dude...Im sorry:neutral:.....The suspense is killing me....how are things doing? Let me know if you need any emergency help man.

[Funky_Fish14]

IIRC - and like Sam sort of mentioned... I think windex is primarily Ammonia based? So basically water changes like was mentioned... carbon, and potentially an ammonia sponge... your tank should be alright! I clean the outside of my tank with windex all the time. That shouldnt cause any problem :)

[Samw]

I nearly wiped out my 3.5G nano once when the net I was using was placed in the sink that was just cleaned with windex and then placed in the tank. Within hours, 50% of the livestock was dead.

[Black Phantom]

"Kent" puts out a product called ammonia detox that works in minutes to drop the ammo levels. I had to use it once when I got sloppy with a cleaner:redface: It worked great but just dont over do it. Some of my softies closed up a bit but nothing died.

[wickedfrags]

A good reminder why to never clean your tank with windex or comparable glass cleaners..vinegar in a spray bottle or even just plain water will accomplish the same thing, with less risk.

Agree with the others, imagine the water changes are helping out.

[justinl]

why only 25%? I would definitely do at least an immediate 75% or more water change, then continue monitoring daily and water changing as needed.

[Hairytank]

Thank you for all the advice.

Actually, I don't clean the tank with Windex...my son thought hey it cleans windows...why not the fishtank...at least he was trying to help.:biggrin:

Water changes, carbon and a heavy doses of frowning seem to have paid off for the most part. The polyps are at about 75% of what they were and the colour seems to be coming back in all but one so far.

BTW, I just noticed, my windex post was post 100 for me!
Do I get a toaster?

[Myka]

BTW, I just noticed, my windex post was post 100 for me!
Do I get a toaster?

No, you get a bottle of Windex. :D

Good to hear it's all good.

[RuGlu6]

Windex is amonia based, so as some one told amonia remover is a must.