Stagnant Water in Pipe

FSOL · 01/26/2007, 01:30 PM

Hey guys,

I had shut down one of my closed loop lines for about a week, not thinking about the water staying stagnant inside of it. Today I opened it up and tried to collect as much of the smelly stagnant water and dump it out, before it went back into the tank, but there was still some that went into the tank.
Would this cause an ammonia or a nitrate spike or a phosphate rise?

Hormigaquatica · 01/26/2007, 01:34 PM

Might cause a small spike of all of the above; just do a couple small water changes on the tank and that should take care of it for you.

FSOL · 01/26/2007, 01:35 PM

damn it. I have SPS in there, that's my main concern. I can't believe a week old water would smell that bad, blahhhh.

Hormigaquatica · 01/26/2007, 01:59 PM

hahaha.. yeah, it gets funky Fast.

01/26/2007, 01:30 PM	#1
FSOL Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 926	Stagnant Water in Pipe Hey guys, I had shut down one of my closed loop lines for about a week, not thinking about the water staying stagnant inside of it. Today I opened it up and tried to collect as much of the smelly stagnant water and dump it out, before it went back into the tank, but there was still some that went into the tank. Would this cause an ammonia or a nitrate spike or a phosphate rise?

01/26/2007, 01:34 PM	#2
Hormigaquatica Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 3,022	Might cause a small spike of all of the above; just do a couple small water changes on the tank and that should take care of it for you. __________________ Reaching up and reaching out and reaching for the random, or whatever will bewilder me. Have Some Personal Accountability Current Tank Info: 240g LPS/Softie Reef

01/26/2007, 01:59 PM	#4
Hormigaquatica Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 3,022	hahaha.. yeah, it gets funky Fast. __________________ Reaching up and reaching out and reaching for the random, or whatever will bewilder me. Have Some Personal Accountability Current Tank Info: 240g LPS/Softie Reef

01/26/2007, 01:35 PM	#3
FSOL Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 926	damn it. I have SPS in there, that's my main concern. I can't believe a week old water would smell that bad, blahhhh.