My daughter just dumped a bottle of medicine in our 30gl. fish tank - what should I do?

Question

The tank contains only goldfish.

Answer 1

remove the fish to a temporary home. use a little tank water to hold them and add as much tap water as possible. Make sure the freshwater is the same temerature as the tank water and has been dechlorinated. Then drain your main tank completely, remove any remaining pills if possible and wash out the filter. Also wash any decor in the tank. Replace the filter cartridges and refill the tank with clean water of a temperature suitable fo r the fish. Bag the fish (even in a zip lock) and float them in the tank for 30 minutes before returning them to the tank. Replace the filter media again tomorrow. Most human medications will not harm the fish in such a short time, but anitbiotics will kill the beneficial bacteria in the tank within an hour or so, so it's important you do this as soon as possible.

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Answer 2

TAKE OUT THE GOLDFISH!! Then do a water change (half or more depending on how mixed the medicine is) but if the medicine was pills just scoop the pills out with something but do it quickly or the pills will dissolve leaving you with liquid medicine in the tank. Then call/go to the local fish store and see if there is any special treatment. Be sure to tell them what kind of fish you have and what kind of medicine was poured into the tank. I hope that I helped and that this worked so the poor goldfish don't die!!

Answer 3

Hmm, how about you explain a little more to us...like what kind of medicine was it? Liquid, pills, etc? If it is pills you can just scoop them out but if it was liquid..look at what the ingredients are and probably do a water change. Depending on how mixed the water is...do about a half water change or more if necessary. Throw in all the water conditioners and for sure put in some Stress Coat for the fish. However, goldfish are pretty hardy and have a slime coating that usually keeps them safe...granted I have no idea what kind of medicine it was but hope the water change and re-treating the water with something like Amquel and NovAqua will help! If the case looks hopeless and all the water is horrible...consider doing a complete change...take the fish out and dump all the water...just remember to re-treat the new tank water.

Answer 4

Remove the fish and change the water making sure to rinse out the tank very well and change any rocks you have or plants inside so that you are sure no medicine is still in there. Good luck.

Answer 5

once you wiped sparkling the tank did you're starting to be rid of each and every of the water? Did you're ensuring to make the main of a water conditioner that removes chlorine and chloramines and did you establish that the kind new water which you placed into the tank replaced into as quickly as the comparable temperature by using fact the water the betta is in? you are able to have additionally offered a fish that replaced into as quickly as ill too. stay removed from fish from walmart and between the main diverse large chain shops. come across a small in the community owned fish keep that knows of roughly fish and takes in simple terms suitable care of their tanks. For a 2.5 gallon tank that has a clear out, i could get 2 african dwarf frogs, and 2 male guppies(adult males maximum useful seeing that throughout that measurement tank you do not % infants plus adult males have coloration and long tails). now not regardless of the undeniable fact that i could frequently upload one each and every week. Or i could pass alongside with a unmarried male betta. As any man or woman already reported they have have been given a lifespan of three-4 yrs. For maitenance i could do a 30 share water commerce weekly. via no potential pass previous 50 share and vacume the gravel with a mini siphon which you in simple terms could locate at maximum petstores. It says the mini siphon is acceptable to tanks 2-5 gallons. In a small tank comparable to which you're severly limited for fish.

Answer 6

My 3 year old dumped a container of blue contractor chalk in the ten gallon I got them. The water turned Dark Blue and I freaked. I pulled the fish out and emptied the tank rinsed the gravel and filter and filled it back up. After getting the temp right I put the fish back in and they never had a problem. Luckily I had my 55 gallon to put them in.

Answer 7

Only goldfish? Anyway, you need to remove the fish immediately. You can use one of those plastic storage containers for a temporary tank while cleaning the "real" tank. I hate putting the goldies in uncycled water, but your tank water is now toxic and will almost unquestionably kill the fish. Please use spring water, some stress coat and some bio-spira for the new water to hold them in and then you are going to need to get rid of all the water in the tank, remove the filter and put in a new filter and rinse everything really well, but no super cleaning with soap or other chemicals. While you are getting the new water cycled, you are going to need to test the temp tank to make sure that the ammonia doesn't spike and to take care of it if it does. Good luck!

Answer 8

If its fish medicine... just change 80% water & put fresh carbon in the filter. The carbon will suck up the medicine pretty quickly. The carbon will be useless after a few days & you will need to change it again. You just need to dilute it enough so that it will not make your fish sick. You don't need to dump everything.

If its human medicine... I dunno. Most human medicines are deadly to fish. I'd put the fish in a bucket of 100% fresh dechlorinated tap water & dump the tank water, rinse the gravel & refill... beware of ammonia spikes after you do this, as it will kill most of your beneficial bacteria.

Thats about all I think you could do is dump it asap & try to re-cycle the bacteria.

Answer 9

Take the fish out and clean the fish tank then replace them. Yay for logic.

Answer 10

Put the fish in a new tank, tell your daughter that the fish will die, and tell your daughter what she did was wrong!