NanoCrazed
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Just needed to vent...
My 5G work tank had been set up and running for about 1.5 years and been going great. Enough so that I wa going to move some of my bounces into the tank as a back up my mothers.
While in Kauai last week, my coworkers called and text to let me know that something was wrong with my tank...and that it started to stink.
And stink it did... when i got back, first thing I did was go to the office to see if I can save anything. Needless to say, it was a lost cause...and a total stock loss. I smelled the tank coming out of the elevator from 50 ft away. The whole floor stunk.
Did a near 100% water change. Went back the next day and ammonia was 8ppm+ so basically my tank has to restart a fresh cycle from scratch.
Did another near 100% water change... that resulted in 1ppm ammonia and tossed in some bacterial starter
Hopefully, it'll kick start things a bit to rein in the stench. Otherwise, I will have to tear down so as not to offend folks in the office.
My tank went from this
To this:
Turned out that somebody messed with my autofeeder and opened the door way wide and literally poisoned the well. Ugh.
My 5G work tank had been set up and running for about 1.5 years and been going great. Enough so that I wa going to move some of my bounces into the tank as a back up my mothers.
While in Kauai last week, my coworkers called and text to let me know that something was wrong with my tank...and that it started to stink.
And stink it did... when i got back, first thing I did was go to the office to see if I can save anything. Needless to say, it was a lost cause...and a total stock loss. I smelled the tank coming out of the elevator from 50 ft away. The whole floor stunk.
Did a near 100% water change. Went back the next day and ammonia was 8ppm+ so basically my tank has to restart a fresh cycle from scratch.
Did another near 100% water change... that resulted in 1ppm ammonia and tossed in some bacterial starter
Hopefully, it'll kick start things a bit to rein in the stench. Otherwise, I will have to tear down so as not to offend folks in the office.
My tank went from this
To this:
Turned out that somebody messed with my autofeeder and opened the door way wide and literally poisoned the well. Ugh.