Well it happened again.....and yet again*updated*

Murminator · #1 10-19-2010, 04:26 AM

Last night the sump got a little low and gurgled a bit topped it up after that throat felt a little scratchy dog started pacing opened all the windows to air out the place.....wicked stuff and I have to say we don't live in a tiny apartment we have a 2100 sqft house and the tank is in the basement.

Had enough took the day off today and ripped everything down found the dead fish 1st I thought it was a sponge on the bottom of a rock. I had around 100# of LR and about a 4" sand bed. The sand.... was..... nasty it reeked of H2S and was jet black about an inch down. Blocked off the basement had high powered fans in the basement windows and wore a full face mask. Went outside once to cool down after I removed the sand and walking around the back yard all you could smell was rotten eggs. House smells nice a clean now and the wife is happen once again.

Sand is on the way to the landfill rock is outside in tubs getting a fresh water bath. Tank was hauled outside washed, vinegared scraped down with a razor blade back painted black. Stand cleaned up and tank back in the house on the stand rest of the equip soaking in vinegar in the garage. Canopy sitting on sawhorses waiting a rebuild Might be a good time to redo the sump and order a new pump.

daniella3d · #2 10-19-2010, 04:37 AM

This sound more like old tank syndrom hydrogen sulfide rather than palytoxine. Hydrogen sulfide does have a rotten egg smell. This gas was probably what was making you sick.

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Originally Posted by Murminator

The sand.... was..... nasty it reeked of H2S and was jet black about an inch down. Blocked off the basement had high powered fans in the basement windows and wore a full face mask. Went outside once to cool down after I removed the sand and walking around the back yard all you could smell was rotten eggs.

Myka · #3 10-19-2010, 04:39 AM

Palys will have sand stuck to them and have a gritty texture on their "necks", Zoas won't and have a smooth texture. It has nothing to do with size of polyp.

2pts · #4 10-19-2010, 06:02 AM

Only problem that I have ( took my H2S Alive coarse a few years ago ) is I remember that the rotten egg smell "weant away" quickly. Really it is your sense of smell being destroyed, but I think that was at extremely high doses which makes sense as a small fish wouldn't create a high dose of H2S as compared to an oil rig blowout.

daniella3d · #5 10-19-2010, 10:24 PM

It's not really the dead fish that created it, it's more the 4" deep sand bed that was black with anaerobic pockets for many years collecting organic matter.

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Originally Posted by 2pts

Only problem that I have ( took my H2S Alive coarse a few years ago ) is I remember that the rotten egg smell "weant away" quickly. Really it is your sense of smell being destroyed, but I think that was at extremely high doses which makes sense as a small fish wouldn't create a high dose of H2S as compared to an oil rig blowout.