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Unread 11/02/2006, 01:38 PM   #1
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Help cigarettes in tank

Any idea what damage can be caused in a 225g total system when two cigarettes were found in sump and fell apart when attempted removal? What chemicals are in there and what should I run to try to clean it up. I preformed a 50g water change so far. Thanks.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 01:51 PM   #2
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Unsmoked? I doubt the tobacco will do anything much different than macroalgae. Maybe the fish will enjoy it. The other chemicals are probably in too low of a concentration to hurt anything. Activated carbon might help remove some of them.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 02:02 PM   #3
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Not smoked thanks for the quick reply it puts me at ease and my roomate will live to see another day. Thanks again. I'll add some carbon short term.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 03:07 PM   #4
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You're welcome.

Good luck and let us know if you notice anything.

We should start to make a list of things that have landed in tanks:

kool aid
cigarettes
pennies
ice cream
bleach
razor blades
screws
magnets
fans
blue cheese


I'm sure the list is a lot longer, but most of these were the past week alone.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 03:21 PM   #5
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Unread 11/02/2006, 03:25 PM   #6
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Unread 11/02/2006, 03:31 PM   #7
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Someone here on RC dosed kool aid (clear) thinking it was RODI water.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 06:22 PM   #8
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When I moved my 125gal into my new 375gal, I found about a half dozen poker chips!!

Nobody knows how they got there??

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Unread 11/02/2006, 06:32 PM   #9
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My tank and inhabitants were ALL victims of liquid dish soap! Do not ask why just know it was a total loss.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 06:57 PM   #10
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Id just run some fresh active carbon... Cigs have some PRETTY NASTY chems in them!


I think I found a small odd peice of plastic in my tank before...
but I get freaked out if someone puts a coke can on my canopy... and they HEAR ABOUT IT!.. so MISC. un-reefsafe objects don't get in my tank without me knowing it!


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Unread 11/02/2006, 07:46 PM   #11
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Remove the cigarettes and add one nicotine patch a day for a week and the fish and corals should recover.


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Unread 11/02/2006, 09:21 PM   #12
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Good thing fish don't have lungs! No need to worry about lung cancer...


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Unread 11/02/2006, 09:36 PM   #13
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Remove the cigarettes and add one nicotine patch a day for a week and the fish and corals should recover.
LMAO!

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Good thing fish don't have lungs! No need to worry about lung cancer...
Yeah, but what about Gill CANCER!!!!


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Unread 11/03/2006, 02:23 AM   #14
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my wife droped a TOOTHBRUSH in one morning...yes, it was in use. i instanly removed it (TB) and got what i could that was floating, with a Solo cup and papertowels immeadiatly. my skimmer never reacted and nothing died, seriously!


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Unread 11/03/2006, 07:45 AM   #15
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I dripped toothpaste into my tank once too. It was that baking soda toothpaste though, so I didn't worry about it too much.


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Unread 11/03/2006, 09:05 AM   #16
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My wife once killed my 800 or so galllons tank.


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Unread 11/03/2006, 11:14 AM   #17
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My wife is always scared that a fire start with all my equipments, so i secure every thing that i could, but i think i forgot something! "Cigarettes"


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Unread 11/03/2006, 11:45 AM   #19
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You're gonna have a hard time sticking that Nicotene patch to the fish!


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Unread 11/03/2006, 01:10 PM   #20
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Ha. There are some funny people in this thread


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Unread 11/03/2006, 07:44 PM   #21
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Randy, or who may be available to answer this one.what would happen if wine were accidently spilled/droped into? the sugar would drop the nitrates, but what other effects? since vodka (NO3) doesnt seem to harm, just courious.


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Unread 11/03/2006, 08:54 PM   #22
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to add to the list of stuff in the tank... I have bicycle chain lube


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Unread 11/04/2006, 07:26 AM   #23
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crayons,my daughter threw crayons in the tank once.sheezz


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Unread 11/04/2006, 07:26 AM   #24
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Unread 11/04/2006, 08:13 AM   #25
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Randy, or who may be available to answer this one.what would happen if wine were accidently spilled/droped into? the sugar would drop the nitrates, but what other effects? since vodka (NO3) doesnt seem to harm, just courious.

Depending on the amount, probably just a possible bacterial bloom, which may not even be noticed.


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