Grossest thing you've done while reefing - Page 2

aznlmpulse · 07/11/2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally posted by 1F2FRFBF
DON'T PEE IN THE SEA!

HAHAHA...

I pee in it everytime I dive.

ACBlinky · 07/11/2007, 11:29 PM

I removed about 50lbs of sugar-sized sand from our old reef and threw it into an old salt bucket. I put a tight lid on the bucket (so the dog wouldn't investigate), put it aside and forgot about it while I was cleaning out the rest of the tank. The smell when I discovered the bucket a few weeks later and opened it up was unreal. Everything beneath the surface layer was BLACK, the anaerobic bacteria were going to town - what better environment for them than a tightly closed bucket full of compacted sand? The smell of sulpher was overwhelming (and dangerous, from what I've read since), and my husband was gagging for some time after he intervened and unceremoniously disposed of the bucket. He was unimpressed, to say the least.

scarter · 07/12/2007, 06:18 AM

hehe, I have an old canister filter that has been closed for about a year, I am not looking foreward to opening that can of worms...

carman9941 · 07/12/2007, 08:37 AM

I have a tip to start a siphon, use a powrehead thats in the tank to push water throug till the siphon starts, and no more mouthfulls, thats NASTY!!!

NaH2Ofreak · 07/12/2007, 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by scarter
hehe, I have an old canister filter that has been closed for about a year, I am not looking foreward to opening that can of worms...

If it were me, I would just wrap it in duct tape, dig a deep hole in the backyard, toss it in and cover it up. Problem solved!

Dennis

07/11/2007, 11:29 PM	#27
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	I removed about 50lbs of sugar-sized sand from our old reef and threw it into an old salt bucket. I put a tight lid on the bucket (so the dog wouldn't investigate), put it aside and forgot about it while I was cleaning out the rest of the tank. The smell when I discovered the bucket a few weeks later and opened it up was unreal. Everything beneath the surface layer was BLACK, the anaerobic bacteria were going to town - what better environment for them than a tightly closed bucket full of compacted sand? The smell of sulpher was overwhelming (and dangerous, from what I've read since), and my husband was gagging for some time after he intervened and unceremoniously disposed of the bucket. He was unimpressed, to say the least. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

07/12/2007, 06:18 AM	#28
scarter Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 605	hehe, I have an old canister filter that has been closed for about a year, I am not looking foreward to opening that can of worms... __________________ My name is Shane and I am a reefaholic, I have a disease and they don't know what to call it. Current Tank Info: what tank?

07/12/2007, 08:37 AM	#29
carman9941 Premium Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cleveland Posts: 705	I have a tip to start a siphon, use a powrehead thats in the tank to push water throug till the siphon starts, and no more mouthfulls, thats NASTY!!!