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Originally Posted by UnderWorldAquatics
I would say that from my experience, it was probably sulfate. How deep was your sandbed? Did it smell anything like roten eggs? Was the bottom of the sand bed muddy dark milky brown? Were there any grey/black areas of sand under the surface of the sand? Did you stir the sandbed down to the bottom, if so it could also be methane posioning if you had a deeper, organic loaded sandbed...
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Well, I don't know much about that guy's sandbed and his resulting die off. I did not experience any die off when I moved my tanks. My sandbed was about 3". When it was in the pails with a bit of water, yes, it smelled like rotten eggs. The water in the pails was ghastly murky brown which is why I did my best to leave the water in the pail and only remove the sand
Yes, there was a grey ring around the sandbed about halfway down. Yes, when moving the sandbed, I scooped it all up at once, mixing top and bottom and everything inbetween. But, again, I say I had no die off in the tank at all. Surprised even me.