Help please nephew threw whole tub of food in tank

So im pretty mad
My nephew came over and me thinking that he’s 12 he shouldn’t mess with my fish even though in the past he has tapped on the tanks told him not to

oh my three nephews were there and his sister and
My seven-year-old nephew and his sister come in the room screaming that my nephew threw the whole thing of fish food into the tank me thinking none of it because what 12-year-old will do that right maybe two extra punches and that’s all

sadly but no I walk in there when they leave and the entire thing of fish food was in their fish food was everywhere

my fish room is a mess they dirty and it’s so bad

so i did a few water changes last night before I went to bed

and I woke up and tested the water 50. - 1.00 I know those numbers can be deadly so anyway the tank needed to be redone but my plants and all that haven’t came in and I was extremely tired so I take everything else scrub it clean it put it back in
Of course not all of it because I want to still keep my cycle took all the water out though

and i how to catch this little guppy for about an hour how to take everything out the tank just to catch him how to get another family member to help
And I think I accidentally killed my snail
So when I was draining the tank I didn’t see it
Then I thought to myself it’s probably under the filter which there had been no water in the tank for about 20 minutes
I moved it back in the snail drop to the floor of the tank there was water so me not thinking cleaning still I start filling it back up with some more sand and I think I accidentally covered the snail and I don’t know what to do I feel so bad and I can’t take everything out because That will take hours

and I have a question what should I do in the situation already have the fish acclimating again because I had to take them out of the tank I’m planning to put them back in the next 20 minutes I’m just worried that something might’ve happened
To my cycle

 

If you didn't change any media, your cycle should be pretty much fine, especially if it stayed damp

 

Waterchanges is all you can do. How big of a tank? I guess you will lock the room tge next time they visit

 

If you didn't change any media, your cycle should be pretty much fine, especially if it stayed damp

Ye I don’t think i did

Waterchanges is all you can do. How big of a tank? I guess you will lock the room tge next time they visit

10 g ye theres a good chance lock it next time
But I just didn’t do a water change I like really cleaned it I took everything out rearranged everything sucked as much food as I could and I had water back of course I didn’t destroy my filter media or anything like that

 

I'm afraid I don't have any advice for you beyond the scope of what others have already said. I just couldn't help interacting after having read your story, because I was in the shoes of your nephew about 10 years ago.

One day my mother asked me to feed her 150g tropheus tank for her while she was out for the evening - and of course I agreed, I was 10! I thought I knew what I was doing and then there goes the fish food tub right into the tank. Of course I was aware that was an outlandish amount of food I'd spilt, but I was too scared to tell my mother, and hoped the fish would somehow magically be able to consume it all before she got back. I ended up wiping out half her tank because of that, and I've never forgotten it. I still feel terrible, I don't know how my mother was able to control her anger enough to deal with me after the fact.

I hope you weren't too harsh with your nephew - but now as an adult and a fish keeper myself, I can imagine the alarm and concern walking in to see your aquarium must've caused. It may be a opportunity to discuss with your nephew the consequences of his actions, because I still think back on that incident to this day with caution, trepidation and guilt.

 

I'm afraid I don't have any advice for you beyond the scope of what others have already said. I just couldn't help interacting after having read your story, because I was in the shoes of your nephew about 10 years ago.

One day my mother asked me to feed her 150g tropheus tank for her while she was out for the evening - and of course I agreed, I was 10! I thought I knew what I was doing and then there goes the fish food tub right into the tank. Of course I was aware that was an outlandish amount of food I'd spilt, but I was too scared to tell my mother, and hoped the fish would somehow magically be able to consume it all before she got back. I ended up wiping out half her tank because of that, and I've never forgotten it. I still feel terrible, I don't know how my mother was able to control her anger enough to deal with me after the fact.

I hope you weren't too harsh with your nephew - but now as an adult and a fish keeper myself, I can imagine the alarm and concern walking in to see your aquarium must've caused. It may be a opportunity to discuss with your nephew the consequences of his actions, because I still think back on that incident to this day with caution, trepidation and guilt.

Oh I’m pretty sure you doing that was an accident

but knowing my nephew he’s always had a thing for messing with animals take for instance my dog he used to harass my dog clapping his face he even threw some baby dog shoes at him I know very random but still that’s just a example of some of the stuff he has done

and plus he didn’t do it on one tank he did it onto the other one had the pellets which break down slower will give me more time to clean it a little later but The flakes is the one I had to re-do today

 

A 12 year old dumping a container of food into a tank is just malicious, a 5 year old could be "didn't know better", not at 12......

Bless you and your patience. I would have beat that boy crosseyed had it been me and my brother too if he complained about what I did to his boy, for not raising him better!
Lol. Kidding, not kidding. I'd be furious. At 12, the boy should know better.

 

A 12 year old dumping a container of food into a tank is just malicious, a 5 year old could be "didn't know better", not at 12......

True. Red flag.

Bless you and your patience. I would have beat that boy crosseyed had it been me and my brother too if he complained about what I did to his boy, for not raising him better!
Lol. Kidding, not kidding. I'd be furious. At 12, the boy should know better.

I neither have siblings, nor do I have kids of my own. And I'm strictly against hitting kids (No matter what!). But I'd slap my theoretical sibling for failing as a parent. And probably cut off contact with that part of the family.

 

A 12 year old dumping a container of food into a tank is just malicious, a 5 year old could be "didn't know better", not at 12......

Bless you and your patience. I would have beat that boy crosseyed had it been me and my brother too if he complained about what I did to his boy, for not raising him better!
Lol. Kidding, not kidding. I'd be furious. At 12, the boy should know better.

Well I am under 18 but it was still annoying for me to get up and clean that tank for almost the entire day bylaw he did not dump the entire container but half of it I still think that is wrong and that he should’ve knew better even my little seven-year-old nephew wouldn’t do something like that
I was very furious and still am

True. Red flag.


I neither have siblings, nor do I have kids of my own. And I'm strictly against hitting kids (No matter what!). But I'd slap my theoretical sibling for failing as a parent. And probably cut off contact with that part of the family.

I’m not mad at my brother because he does not raise his kids but I’m mad at my nephew himself for the abuse is given to my dog and now the abuse has given to my fish

 

Well I am under 18 but it was still annoying for me to get up and clean that tank for almost the entire day bylaw he did not dump the entire container but half of it I still think that is wrong and that he should’ve knew better even my little seven-year-old nephew wouldn’t do something like that
I was very furious and still am

I’m not mad at my brother because he does not raise his kids but I’m mad at my nephew himself for the abuse is given to my dog and now the abuse has given to my fish

It may be a good idea to suggest to your brother that he have a talk with him about his actions and why it isn't alright. It's certainly not your responsibility to educate your nephew, but this may be a good learning opportunity for him!

 

It may be a good idea to suggest to your brother that he have a talk with him about his actions and why it isn't alright. It's certainly not your responsibility to educate your nephew, but this may be a good learning opportunity for him!

My brother would probably get offended

 

My brother would probably get offended

Let him be. He should be offended and ashamed that something he helped create behaves this way.

 

Let him be. He should be offended and ashamed that something he helped create behaves this way.

I’m still pretty mad but I am Happy that that my fish are OK and they got a better looking tank because I had to redo everything The thing is I don’t know how to go about the situation my nephew is a stubborn kid if I tell him something he’s just gonna be like OK OK OK your opinion your opinion or something like that I’ve been knowing him since he was born so there’s really no point to talking to him if he’s just going to be a jerk

I told my mom about the situation and she confronted him about it and he lied and said he thought he was just feeding the fish the right amount which is half the container which I don’t get there’s only five of them and they’re small fish

 

I’m still pretty mad but I am Happy that that my fish are OK and they got a better looking tank because I had to redo everything The thing is I don’t know how to go about the situation my nephew is a stubborn kid if I tell him something he’s just gonna be like OK OK OK your opinion your opinion or something like that I’ve been knowing him since he was born so there’s really no point to talking to him if he’s just going to be a jerk

I told my mom about the situation and she confronted him about it and he lied and said he thought he was just feeding the fish the right amount which is half the container which I don’t get there’s only five of them and they’re small fish

Seems like all the more reason to talk to your brother about this. Lying isn’t ok, at 12 years old he should know that it isn’t ok.

 

Seems like all the more reason to talk to your brother about this. Lying isn’t ok, at 12 years old he should know that it isn’t ok.

Ik i’ll try to talk to him I’m just worried I’ll make things worse

Seems like all the more reason to talk to your brother about this. Lying isn’t ok, at 12 years old he should know that it isn’t ok.

He said talk to him about it hes old enough