Ill go to petco or petsmart tomorrow to pick up the same bulb and see what exactly it was. Ill also get more media from the other tank to help cycle and maybe pick up some seachem stability to get mine back to stable levels
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fish do that when they are overheated too. it might be that the explosion pushed your tank temperature up to dangerous levels and the fish are gasping for oxygen
true i could see that as a possibility immediately after i dropped the bulb but after so many water changes and given its been a few weeks i think the temp is fine
IF it was a MV bulb it would have looked like it had a 'bulb in a bulb'. It would likely have given off a bluish light not too awful different from reef halides (they're essentially the same thing after all). The mercury in the inner bulb would have not seeped out. If you look at a MV bulb that's not ruptured, the mercury is a few tiny little pellets sticking to the side of the quartz ignition chamber (the inner bulb).
If it was an incandescent bulb, it's not likely to be mercury, but rather tungsten (if acidic water) or more likely lead poisoning. Both metals have effect on respiratory systems in mammals. Fish oxygen transport is another matter. Not that it really matters what it was.
If I were you I'd get everything out of that tank and filter, swap them over to the backup, and then replace anything you can and bleach everything not replaceable. Set all the equipment out in sunlight or a day or three, and then start repopulating your bacteria colony. Just start over.
If I were you I'd get everything out of that tank and filter, swap them over to the backup, and then replace anything you can and bleach everything not replaceable. Set all the equipment out in sunlight or a day or three, and then start repopulating your bacteria colony. Just start over.
by your description it definately wasnt a mv bulb then. it gave off normal whiteish yellow light and didnt have a double bulb look to it. It was this
http://www.petco.com/product/10811/... Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp Value Pack-10811
http://www.petco.com/product/10811/... Med Repti Basking Spot Lamp Value Pack-10811
Yep, incandescent. I should have just asked the price. A MV hybrid lamp would probably have been around $100, a true MV even more.
I, personally, feel you don't really have to worry about heavy metal poisoning to your fish with this consideration. However, it is likely you shocked the heck out of your fish when the bulb burst and I'm willing to bet the temperature spiked.
I, personally, feel you don't really have to worry about heavy metal poisoning to your fish with this consideration. However, it is likely you shocked the heck out of your fish when the bulb burst and I'm willing to bet the temperature spiked.
I agree with the others who say try a clean start. Try to get them into a more stable low stress environment
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cool thanks atleast i know what type of bulb it was, do you think ruining my cycled tank is to blame for the continuos gasping? Shall i still break down the tank and thoroughly clean everything or should i just work on getting the parameters back to normal?
