Will carbon get rid of the rotten egg smell?

[AquariumLover]

i haven't had this problem in a while, but my canister filter has been broken for some time and i have been relying on a hob filter to clean the water. but i finally got my canister filter fixed today (rena xp3) and after a couple minutes of it filtering, a rotten egg smell started becoming quite pungent (i'm assuming that the water that was in it got bad) but i've already done 2 50% water changes in 2 days and don't want to kill all my fish by doing another water change, so i loaded the hob filter with a lot of ammo-carb. will that get rid of the smell or do i have to keep doing water changes and clean out my canister filter again?

 

[tcarswell]

Id use pure carbon. And after a few days of not running you need to remove all the media and give it a good cleaning...

Matrix carbons good so is the marineland black diamond stuff since your already in the situation.

EDIT sorry I was not very descriptive.

The media in your canister contained bacteria from your tank (Good and bad) And when it was shut down and allowed to become stagnant that smell is what happens. Id keep changing the water and use a pure form of carbon and ditch the ammo carb.

 

[Bderick67]

Didn't you clean thr canister before restarting it?

 

[FSM]

You left all the water in the canister and didn't bother draining it?

 

[zennzzo]

Didn't you clean the canister before restarting it?

Man talk about NUKING something...that dead bacteria in the canister you pumped into the tank is POISON...

50% water changes
every 4 hours is what I'd do...dilute that poison man, stat!!
Water changes don't kill fish POISON does...

 

[chemicall]

Man talk about NUKING something...that dead bacteria in the canister you pumped into the tank is POISON...

50% water changes
every 4 hours is what I'd do...dilute that poison man, stat!!
Water changes don't kill fish POISON does...

What he said. It is VERY much so poison.

Did you remove the canister and thoroughly clean it yet? if not do it now.

 

[bongko]

ugh rotten egg smell. that sucks to hear. hope you get it taken care of

 

[zennzzo]

What he said. It is VERY much so poison.

Did you remove the canister and thoroughly clean it yet? if not do it now.

If not , have some "Scented SCRUBBIES" I can sell him...
sorry I couldn't help myself...
It was that, or a large "DARWIN Award" image...

 

[Bderick67]

If not , have some "Scented SCRUBBIES" I can sell him...
sorry I couldn't help myself...
It was that, or a large "DARWIN Award" image...

So what are the green ones "Minty Fresh" and the "Lemon scented" are yellow?

Suppose the reds have a festive potpourri aroma

 

[uncwnells]

lol I would have kept this thread to myself. waterchanges on the hour every hour for a while.