powdered carbon all over tank, hazard to plecos?

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powdered carbon all over tank, hazard to plecos?

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hi,
i need urdgent advice/help. my filter chewed up a bunch of activated carbon when i was gone and spread it all over the tank. the fish, plecos L-91, appear inactive will the powdered carbon( really fine powder) hurt them? i don't think i can remove it all unless i completely tear down the tank and throw out the sponge filters (only fully cycled bio filtration on the q-tank tank) :(

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Post by pturley »

I wouldn't think it'll hurt them, not outright anyways. I would do several water changes using a "gravel vac" to try to siphon off as much as you can.

There wouldn't be any reason for the fish to ingest it, so I'm not sure I'd worry about it too much.
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thanks for the help. i drained the tank and cleaned it out well. even after sevral 5 gallon pails of water some of the sponge filters wre really full of the powder. i managed to get one relativley clean and put it back in the tank.

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