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rotten egg smell

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old salty

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60lbs live rock, fine sand substrate, cycled 5 week old, put corals in this past week, added 3 fish and 3 snails yesterday.

woke upto rotten egg smell...searched all over the house, saw tank was a little foggy, oil slick on water...and smells aweful...corals shrinking...emptied 5 gals, skimmed surface...what do i do......HELP !!!! Removed snails thinking they were culprit....

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The_Codfather

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Have you done any water tests? first one I would do would be Ammonia.. that would be the only thing that would give off some kinda rotten egg smell or something has died.. also run some carbon in filter
 
The_Codfather

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How much rock do you have?.. if you can find them fish i think that could be the root of your problem
 
panmanmatt

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The rotten egg smell is usually sulfur that builds up in dead spots in the sand bed. Something either stirred up your sand and released it or it built up so much that it released on it's on.

I would remove all fish and corals and do a large water change. Running carbon won't be a bad idea either.
 
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cracked heater actually does sound like the culprit. depending on the type of heater i've heard some of them are pretty nasty inside.
 
Tazmaniancowboy

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I do not buy glass heaters anymore. Had too many crack.

Continue the carbon and waterchanges as suggested and all should clear quickly. You'll be back in shape in no time.
 
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old salty

what kind do you buy, because this wasn't a glass one. This was the Brand New Marineland Visi Therm Stealth. DO NOT BUY. I will not buy anymore marineland heaters. The first one for my 30 gallon stopped working. This one was in use for less then 2 months and cracked. NO MORE.

My friend talked me down from dumping this hobby. A 30 dollar heater just killed my entire setup.

I just emptied all but a few inches of water. I couldn't even stay in the room and the wife and kids are more important to me then 60 gallons of water. THE SMELL IS AWEFUL. I almost puked 2 times. I cant even get the oily smell off my hands and arms. What do they put in these heaters. I hope I dont get nerve damage.

My live rock, is it dead or alive? Can I use it again? My sandbed? Is this dead or alive? Half my corals are dead, my fish that I had for 1 year in my 30 are now dead. They made it less then 12 hours in the new tank. Poor guys.

4 months to set up, get everything just right, added some fish yesterday, and the damn heater explodes. Last night at 11:30 I was watching my fish and corals under the moon lights and toay i had a hose in it taking all the water out. What a nightmare. Luckily I still have my old 30 still running that I posted for sale just yesterday. Wacky right!


Any pointers, advie would be greatly appreciated!


Grumpy Salty.
 
panmanmatt

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Was the oily film on your rocks and sand too or just the water's surface? If it was just on the water you should be fine to keep using the rock and sand. I would let the tank run for a while, running carbon and doing water changes just to be sure.
 
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The rotten egg smell is from your fish that are dead...your tank is still going through a cycle and buying coral fish and snails was the worst idea.Do a massive water change and re-cycle your tank.This time when you start out go and get bio-spira,comes in 2 sizes get the one that best fits your tank.Dump it all in and just let your tank do it thing.Do you have all the test kits? ammonia,nitrate,nitrite,ph. If not your best bet is to get one asap..Change your filter media if you have anything other than a sump.It just sounds like to much at one time.
 
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Got nothing to do with the cycle. Heater was the culprit. Probably shocked the fish. The heater was also running while it was cracked. It did something to the water. Some type of chemical reaction. All the tests came back good here at my house and at Tropaquarium. I just need to know how my live rock may have faired along with my substrate. I have about 4 inches of water in the tank right now..keeping my rock moist.
 
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