Help!!

[Jai1985]

sorry to post such a vague subject but last night a blue washcloth i use to wipe down things under my tank stand fell into my sump and dyed my water a grayish blue...i obviously pulled it out as soon as i found it but will this go away with time?... also my fish seem to be in no stress...just a bit confused tank is approx 50 -60 gal (sump inc) .....HELP PLEASE!!!!

[Ninong]

There is no way to answer your question without knowing the composition of the dye. It could contain a lot of weird chemicals with five-sylable names or it could contain nothing but organic vegetable dyes.

Always remember Rule #1: The solution to pollution is dilution.

Do large water changes every few days and the problem, assuming there is one, should go away.

Good luck!

[Jai1985]

i know and im going to do it but i wont be able to till prolly friday(pay day) or sat depending on how work goes fri. .....man why didnt i buy the bucket of salt mix instead of just the medium size bag when i was in the lfs last time

[Parrothead]

if you can't do the water changes as Ninong suggested, can you at least get some carbon running, that might help some...

[Ninong]

Yes, run carbon immediately if you aren't already doing that.

[Jai1985]

yup i always run carbon... put a fresh bag in this morning and did a 45-50% water change...looking much better now and i will let you know how things settle out in the morning when i can take some water test...before the water change tests were..

ph 7.8
ammo 10ppm
rite <0.02
rate 2.0ppm
sg 1.025

tanks lol for the help guys!

[Jai1985]

sorry for double post but i forgot to add

the ammo was slightly up because i swapped out a diy protein skimmer i made with a used one i bought (prizim pro delux) off a friend (who has a very healthy tank btw) and let it sit for about a day or so before adding it so it could have caused a small ammo increase...

and it was about time to do a water change anyway so .... lol

but its looking much better although to two small coral frags i have in there arent looking so great at the moment...(softies)

[Ninong]

ammo 10ppm

That can't be right. If your ammonia was really 10 ppm, your nitrite and nitrate would be off the charts. Also, there wouldn't be anything alive in your tank.

[Parrothead]

You are right Ninong, either he miss posted or misread the test results, or the dye that got this thread started is more toxic than hoped and it's starting to take its toll on the tank

[BubbaWPB]

High ammo could be false positive from dye - many dyes are amines.

[Jai1985]

good call guys....now that the ammo is outta my tank....reading almost 0.. things are doing better... rites were 0 and rates were 2mg/l...my ph has stabalized although my salinity is now 1.023 im guessing from the water change...but all seems fine and healthy in there...also i prolly did read the test wrong....i have trouble seeing some colors