Battery Acid in Tank

[Lakmo99]

Ok I had a light mounted over my sump and it fell. 4 batterys sat in there for at least a full night. Other than a massive water change and carbon, what do I do? Should I start taking corals out?

[ERICinFL]

Did the batteries rupture? If they haven't, an average water change and carbon should be fine.

[tkeracer619]

When I got my tank I was getting rid of the gravel in it and found batteries!!! No wonder they didn't have much luck.

If they didnt rupture waterchanges and carbon should be fine.

If they ruptured I would do massive amounts of water changes but I dont know. Hopefully the chem people will chime in

[Ryanqk]

you titled the thread battery acid in tank, so are you saying they DID leak? have you checked your PH? Battery acid should make your PH drop, since its acidic...

[Sk8r]

Polyfilter removes all sorts of contaminants including metals. Carbon ditto, but not the same ones. Alkalinity buffer can help ph.

Test your ph, run your full battery [pardon pun] of tests, and do a small water change, in addition to carbon etc.

[michaeldaly]

I dont think a battery would leak after only one night in salt water, most batterys dont contain acid nowadays, except for large batterys

[Lakmo99]

Ok. Apparently the batterys diddnt leak. I thought they did because of the green crap around them. Later I learned that this was just a chemical reaction from the saltwater and the metal. I did a 75% water change and am running carbon right now. The water is almost back to normal and the Params are fine. Man this was a long day...