Painting a room

[xxmakveli22xx]

I think I killed my fish :-(... I was painting the babies room where the fish tank is which I setup for the baby. But when I woke up in the morning both my powder brown tang and my mandarin are dead. Could the fumes from the paint kill them? No paint got in the tank because I covered it before I painted. Will my zoas suffer the same fate? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Mike]

Yes, fumes could be the issue. Are you running carbon? Was everything running still, all covered up? Could oxygen have been a problem? Not sure considering the zoas. Water change may help if the water is polluted or contaminated.

[TPinner@saltyfishaquariums]

It is hard to say for sure the fumes built up To toxic levels and killed you fish, but it could be a factor in their death. Sorry for your loss. For your corals, I would do a water change to be on the safe side and test your water to see what the levels are. Also I would get a poly filter pad and run it in your sump or tank. It will change colors and tell you if it is pulling out any impurities from your tank.

[xxmakveli22xx]

yes, everything was running while covered up expect the lights. When i finished painting, I removed the plastic after I finished painting which was maybe about 4 hours. I am always running carbon, i hope with the water change everything should go back to normal.

[xxmakveli22xx]

I am going to wait a while before i start to add fish again. I'm just going to continue doing water changes. so far the zoas seem fine and so does the emerald crab. but is was a heart breaker to seem my powder brown tang dead :( ... He would eat out of my hand..