did i do the right things?

[fastlee84]

hi bro
... today morning as i wake up to turn on my planted tank lights, i realised that i had switched on my solenoid CO2 tank overnight. now i realised that my tank is encountering CO2 poisoning. most fishes are pale, shrimps are dying and my SAE is floating on the surface gasping for air.

i quickly changed 20% water, clear most of the frogbits n salvinnia(floaters), insert two air pumps full blast n switched on all my light in order to make the plants give out O2. my dying SAE i put it in a net to make it stable n not turn over. i'm in school now so i'm praying for the best..
sigh my mistakes may cause the lives of my fishes... sigh...

sadly,
Fazdli

[hwchoy]

get a power socket timer.

[crandf]

CO2 poisoning quite simple to remedy right?, only thing is whether can dispel the excess co2 fast enough. I think best is to put the fish in another tank or pail of fresh water first. I wonder if fish can get permanent brain damage.

[robin]

Happened to me once and after that, like what Choy said, get a timer.

My SAE did not recover but rest assured, you are doing the right thing to put in air pump and to turn on lights. At least that was what I did.
Most of my fishes survived but shrimps has some casualties.

Heed Choy's advice. Get a timer (not very expensive compared to all the Live stock replenishment you have to make.

Robin

[crandf]

I think he probably has timer already, otherwise defeat purpose of a solenoid set, right? Probably he played around with the plugs and controls after lights out, and forgot to reconnect the solenoid back to the timer; did you?

[TanVincent]

I've spoilt 3 timers in 2 months....they are always in the "ON" state...shrug, he might have the same problem like mine...

Cheers
Vincent

[fastlee84]

[quote:9190aa2f74="crandf"]I think he probably has timer already, otherwise defeat purpose of a solenoid set, right? Probably he played around with the plugs and controls after lights out, and forgot to reconnect the solenoid back to the timer; did you?[/quote:9190aa2f74]

actually for this present tank i didnt use a timer coz i'm using the time for another tank. maybe i get another..

update on my tank....(my mom describes it to me on the phone)
only 1 malaya shrimps dead.. fed it to my louhan.
my SAE miraculously alive n well!! woo hoo.. tot of throwing it away when i saw it dying.
my pale corydoras hestatus are back wilt its black n white colours!
my shrimps are ok. rasboras regain their colours. cherry barbs active again!!

thanks bros for ur comments n advices!!

[chua]

Glad to hear that.

I had the similar situation two days back, CO2 poisoning. Luckily i went home in time to save all my fishes and most importantly, all my baby cherry shrimps.

I will be more careful so that it won't happen again.

[robin]

Good for you fastlee

Robin

[vinz]

[quote:e522c1d5cc="TanVincent"]I've spoilt 3 timers in 2 months....they are always in the "ON" state...shrug, he might have the same problem like mine...

Cheers
Vincent[/quote:e522c1d5cc]

Is it a TheBen timer? If so, get another timer and split the load. Hope you haven't thrown away the "spoilt" ones.

[PohSan]

Talking of timer, I also have problem with it. My timer keeps switching on and off at very fast interval ( 3 ~ 5 times per second) and sometime keep switching on or off despite the setting. I was so scare that my electronic solenoid will spoilt that now I manually switch it on and off.

Has anyone encountered this before?

Regards,
Ong Poh San

[vinz]

Sounds like a bad contact inside the timer. Get a new one.

[byronshoh]

Speaking of timers,

There is this shop at Bras Basah Complex (can't remember the name though), near the POSB atm machine on the ground floor. Bought a timer there for only $6.50 if anyone interested.......

[Green Devil]

Sometimes it happens to me too...but somehow till now, none of the fishes get CO2 poisoning...phew!