Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of Bed this Morning

IDzine01 wrote:

and watered
each plant including the spider plant above the tank. As I'm
finishing I realize that a bit of plant-food ridden water got onto one
of the spider plant leaves, which of course acts like a tiny water
slide. At supersonic speeds I see this droplet cruise down the leaf and
plop into the tank before I could do anything to stop it.

DOAH! **SMACK HEAD**

No need to panic. The worst that plant food for inhouse use may contain
is some ammonium, which in a well established and/or well planted tank
won't last very long, at least unless you drop an entire bottle into
your tank. Fertilisers for field use are a different matter, there are
some that produce traces of prussic acid in a side reaction.


Ok don't panic, its just one drop of fertilizer.
No, wait... Panic PANIC

I scoop out the fishy and quickly check the temperature, dump the tank,
rinse well and refill. To reacclimatize the fish I add a couple of
scoops of the new water to his cup.

With all that fuzz you probably did more harm than with the fertiliser.


WAIT, did I dechlorinate the water first?

DOAH! **SMACK HEAD**

Again, if the fish get into contact once with chlorine-containing water,
especially if diluted with tank water, damage will be ery limited. One
just shouldn't make a habit of it.

So don't panic, use a warm heart but a cool head (never the other way
round).