Will carbon get rid of the rotten egg smell?

[zennzzo]

That sort of thing can change your life forever.

Especially when she says...
"yeah, I know I crapped my thong...I'm not too sure what happened...
but I'll change them this weekend"

same as

I probably should have turned it off right away. The smell has lessened, but is still somewhat there when I smell the water. I will do another water change and clean the filter this weekend.

 

[tcarswell]

Especially when she says...
"yeah, I know I crapped my thong...I'm not too sure what happened...
but I'll change them this weekend"

same as

im gonna piss my pants now PM sent to you btw

 

[Jgray152]

I bet denitrification occured in your filter causing the rotten egg smell. That water was probably very low to having no nitrates at all

 

[AquariumLover]

ok. thanks everyone. i cleaned out my filter and loaded it with ammo-carb just to be safe. and i did 3 50% water changes today. i have just one last question:
i bought this stuff from petco called "filter fiber" and i have been using it in my tanks by wrapping it around my ammo-carb. it seems that it works quite well as a type of filter media and i was just curious if it truly can be used as filter media or if it was just the carbon keeping the water clean?

 

[zennzzo]

ok. thanks everyone. i cleaned out my filter and loaded it with ammo-carb just to be safe. and i did 3 50% water changes today. i have just one last question:
i bought this stuff from petco called "filter fiber" and i have been using it in my tanks by wrapping it around my ammo-carb. it seems that it works quite well as a type of filter media and i was just curious if it truly can be used as filter media or if it was just the carbon keeping the water clean?

got pix?

 

[Bderick67]

WHAT HAPPENED TO COMMON SENSE? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO!!!!

Common sense should tell you that your caps lock is on, but obviously sometimes it is ignored

 

[zennzzo]

Common Sense is actually uncommon...

Hey Tay,
She de-crapped her thong after all, and the weekend isn't even over yet!!

 

[synspilus guy]

I got a 60 gallon tank that came with a fluval 205 a couple of years ago. The IDIOT kept the water in the filter for a month thinking that he was saving the beneficial bacteria. I didn't want to be a total jerk to him and tell him it was a really STUPID idea. If you do any simple research on biofilters you will find out that its need oxygen to keep the bacteria alive. You only get the oxygen when the filter is running. The first thing I did was soak the filter in bleach water and sanitize it. I would rather go through the hassle of starting a new biofilter than risk poisoning my fish.

 

[chefjamesscott]

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...

you are a meanie darwin award nah he is still alive

i did not read the whole thread but pretty much when you kicked that canister back into action, it is like you pretty much shot liquid death into your tank.

I would shut down both of the filter hob and canister ditch the old media and give the sponge in the hob a good cleaning in a bucket with water from another tank if you have. I would totally get rid of all the stuff from the canister and reload it with fresh and then put the old sponge just cleaned from the hob back in the hob and load it with new carbon and turn them back on your canister will be like a literal breath of fresh air for the fish and your hob will help as well

then a 50% wc every day for the next 4 days and you should be good to resume 1/week.

speaking of dead canisters, last night my wife unplugged and shut off my power bar on my 140g I had the air pump going on another plug though.

even for being off for about 12 hours bad things happen in the canister.

 

[zennzzo]

I got a 60 gallon tank that came with a fluval 205 a couple of years ago. The IDIOT kept the water in the filter for a month thinking that he was saving the beneficial bacteria. I didn't want to be a total jerk to him and tell him it was a really STUPID idea. If you do any simple research on biofilters you will find out that its need oxygen to keep the bacteria alive. You only get the oxygen when the filter is running. The first thing I did was soak the filter in bleach water and sanitize it. I would rather go through the hassle of starting a new biofilter than risk poisoning my fish.

Not only is oxygen essential,
but the main food source...Ammonia/bioload/poop etc. what the filter is intended to convert out of the water in the first place...

I guess not everybody understands that the biofiltration we utilize to keep our water parameters safe for fish, is a live ecosystem in itself.
Just because the case looks the same, it's the contents and it's inhabitants that make for safe water.

The OP was very lucky not to loose any fish right now, I just hope this will get to enough people so more can understand what that filter really does...

When our power goes out, I'm not imeadiately concerned with the fish. I am way more concerned with keeping my Bio Media wet...The Fish can last alot longer in a tank of unfiltered water, than my Benificial Bacteria can without any water.
So, I make sure that it stays wet and alive, so when the power does come back on, it has the ability to deal with the bio-load waiting to be filtered...