how to verbs a unknown chemical spill out of my aquarium that have kill one of my Koi fish & a purcusteamus?
How do you know somehting was spilt and its not an infection going around?
If something was spilt i voice just buy a new tank its easier and safer, but immedatly removeing the fish beside a net and pour some clean treated water (the same temp as it be in) over the top of the fish while still in the net then put it surrounded by the holding tank and it should get rid of most of the chemical residue
Curiosity has got me also, precisely what is this purcusteamus?
Fair to ask how do you know it is a chemical spill and do you have a PH reading.
It's impossible to treat something if you don't know what it is, so other than day by day 20% water changes and maximum filtration with regular carbon change, there's not much other than take the whole entity to pieces and start again with everything cleaned.
Answers: An unknown chemical? How in the world would it get into the tank and how do you know this is what kill your fish?
If it is oil, you would see it floating on the surface of the tank, however if it be sucked into the filter, it already could have coated everything.
Koi are very resilient fish. A large plastic tub will work as makeshift housing for your koi. Don't worry they will be fine.
I agree with lan here. If you aren't sure what have killed your fish in a chemical nature, you can any do a very larger 75% water change and make a payment 1 1/2 times the amount of dechlor/water conditioner to the tank and refill. Dechlor/conditioners neutralize more than 60 chemical compounds as well as sweet metals. This often works for chemicals that have entered the river. Clean the filter and do not use alcohol use Hydrogen Peroxide. It won't kill your fish and there is no residue. Also use a cloth or papertowel with HP on it to wipe what you can from the walls of your reservoir.
Again you can rehouse your fish in a tub and totally clean the tank, freshly remember you will now need to recycle the tank.
sometimes you can embezzle a sample of the water to the LFS. Their testing capability are more than just nitrites and ammonia. Most can tell you what chemical (if it is in their interview spectrium) what it is. This would be a BIG help.
Most common problems are in fact with known chemicals.
People will use soap or detergent to clean a container. This is very dangerous and often kill the fish.
Or they don't cycle the tank and then the fish go through the nitrogen cycle. First ammonia builds up and that kill some. Then nitrite builds up and tends to finish off those the ammonia didn't get. This is particularly a problem when people overfeed too many fish in a too small, untried tank.
People also kill their fish with their wet. Adding either too much chlorine or chloramine with the tap marine.
Another great way to kill fish is to spray insecticide in the house. Rotenone is so chancy for fish it's almost like someone can spray next door and decimate them.
I would eliminate all those known chemicals beforehand I even thought of unknown chemicals.
Marv
If the aquarium has no fishes in it, gash it down. Wash all the item with hot water. And after treat them in light bleach solution and rinse them thoroughly. Then soak all the item contained by water for 48 hours to get rid of any bleach residue.
If you have fish within the tank, then it becomes impossible lacking knowing what the unknown chemical.
Depending on the chemically, it could be floating at the top or sunk to bottom, or have mixed with water or chemical react with water. In this situation no amount of water change will actually get rid of the chemical .
Any clues as to the chemical?
If it ss it something water soluble than a 100% river change and plenty of rinsing will get rid of it. (ammonia or bleach or some foodstuff)
If it's an oil or detergent after you have a bigger problem. I would suggest then you lately dump everything inside the tank and all the filter media. Then rinse and hose with alcohol untill no residue is left, let it dry and rinse again near water. Fill it and makes sure in that is no oil slick or smell and start again as if it was a strange tank
Ian
Koi die in fish tanks, they are always a pond fish, enjoy always been a pond fish and always will be a pond fish.
What's a purcusteamus? I can find no such creature within any books or on the internet
If you can't find out the type of chemical then it's safest to re-home any remaining fish, tropical into aquariums koi into ponds and throw away your aquarium.
If you are just guessing at a chemical spillage it's probably not a chemical spillage at adjectives just the fact that you were keeping an outdoor pond fish within an aquarium so it died and caused a thick scum lying on the water and the high levels of ammonia kill the other thing off
Just out of interest is it a fish, turtle, amphibian or what this purcusteamus critter
