I almost hurled!

[SaltyCrak]

next time start with salt, then syphon, than chase with a slice of lemon

 

[stevenrox]

This happened to me when I was quarantining some koi in a 200 gallon. The water smelled like rotten eggs but thankfully the water had no taste (was doing 95% water changes every day but couldn't get the smell out of the tank- was way overstocked).

Get an automatic siphon starter:

http://www.sunrisetropicals.com/id15.html

Works very well and I recommend the large size unless you have a small fish tank. With 2 of them I can do a 90% water change on my 100 gallon discus tank in 30 minutes, including adding the water back in and siphoning all the junk out.

yea i have one and sunrise tropicals closed down like 9 days ago....

 

[Jessica Dring]

YUCK. Man that is gross.
Props for not chucking up thou!

 

[Fishermoe14]

instead of that 15 dollar thing u could just go to a home depot or menards and buy a fuel primer.. like for a boat.. looks the same and works the same but i bet its alot cheaper..

 

[Fishermoe14]

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...alog.beans.EndecaDataBean@6c66c8&ddkey=Search


http://www.sloblu.com/Shopping-MA1S...uel_Lines_&Amp;_Primer_Bulbs_Marine_Shop.html

http://www.capitolsupply.com/?pg=iview&sid=&id=&pid=8526514&cid=cse_ggl4

 

[SpJc11]

thats gross but weve all had it happen...

 

[Blocks09]

I was cleaning out my convict breeding tank a few days back. I sucked on the gravel vac to get the siphon effect started. Well I didn't suck it hard enough (man, this is starting to sound dirty). The siphon bubbled a bit then stopped. I failed to notice a collection of brown water trapped in the lower part of the hose. Then I sucked again, much harder then last time.

I spent the next 10 minuets hacking and coughing brown water out of my lungs. I'm glad the bucket was beside me cause I almost lost my supper.

Lesson learned:
If you fail to start a gravel vac in your first try, empty out the water before sucking on the hose again.

haha yeah i use to have that happen to me ALL THE TIME before i purchased the Python no spill hose

 

[likestofish]

HAHA i get my littl brother to start the siphon

 

[seaofdreams]

I made the same mistake a few times when I worked at my LFS. It was considered a rite of passage, haha.

 

[flowerpower]

I've sort of gotten used to it myself. If they'll drink cow's urine in India, then I'll drink fish urine in NY.