The most fowl thing ever

[MikeDeL]

I have my tank up and running now. I just got done putting in my sand, which I have had fermenting in a bucket sw for the past month. Let me tell you.... Anyone ever play "whats grosser than gross" as a kid? The smell of this stuff would walk away the winner! I had to stop a couple times just to dry heave. Where is Mike Rowe when you need him?

[JimD]

Do you have any livestock in the tank?

[MikeDeL]

No Im just setting it up. I finished filling it last night. And I guess if I did I wouldnt here shorlty. They would probably do their best to jump out.

[kkiel02]

LOL that happen to me when I set up mine. It stunk up the whole apartment.

[Ping]

For what its worth. Rotten egg smell = lack of O2. It cycles back to an aerobic state fairly quick.

[Tavio]

Ooh I got one if you dont mind me posting. I know someone who pulled out 18 dead mexican turbo snails out of a tank...:sick::rofl:. She couldnt stop gagging......tears to my eye just thinking about.

[Gseclipse02]

i pulled out a plate coral that was dieing or was dead basically and wow i was about to throw up !!! thats some nasty stuf

[MikeDeL]

I think they seriously need to do a Dirty Jobs on reef aquariums. Mike Rowe can clean out skimmers, dead critters and scoop rotting sand.

[Third Coast Tropical]

lol...i just finished breaking down my 75 gal reef.....i had some pretty ripe smelling sand in it as well, i didnt bother me as much as the stupid bristle worm that got me when i was sifting thru the sand....now i have a 2 fingers that are numb and feel like sandpaper....o well, not the first time.....good luck with your new set up

[ballardjr2000]

i guess to add to it...i dumbed my skimmer and almost gagged talk about yuck

[camaroracer214]

you want to hear something bad...

i broke down my 90 gallon tank late last year and put the contents of my refugium into a bucket of saltwater. i moved, and brought the aquarium stuff with me and left the bucket out on my patio for about four months before i noticed that i left it there. when i opened it up after it had been sitting in the texas summer heat for a while i dropped to my knees and almost cried. it nearly burned!!!

[PhilipB]

i have yet to be hit by a bristleworm. thats one of my fears every time i adjust my rock or coral. does i really hurt thast bad??? i cant stand the smell of xenia after you frag it and it stays on your hands for a long time. nasty stuff

[Third Coast Tropical]

well it doesnt hurt, hurt....but you will know about it......similar to an asp i guess if i had to compare it to something, but not as bad........basically........when i have been hit, it feels like fiberglass would if you got that in your skin.....it itches, made the skin on my fngrs tight, small pain came and went first day or so, kind of like a bunch of needles poking you, ......trust me though.....not as bad as many of the things that are out there....and now thinking about it, it is not so bad, the first time i thought i was invincible and decided to pick one up about 4 inches or so (that was stupid, ill openly admit that, and i wont ever do it again) and it got me good.....fingers were rough for at least a month.......