Canister filter/ cryptic zone quit working!

[Sophie"s mom]

Hey all! So my Oase filter which doubles as a cryptic zone guit today. I ordered another but it won’t be here for week. So my question is, I made a bucket of fresh salt water but won’t be able to put the rock rubble in it with a pump until tomorrow. Will the life on and in the rock rubble be okay inside the filter house until then with no movement in the water?

 

[FUNGI]

Hey all! So my Oase filter which doubles as a cryptic zone guit today. I ordered another but it won’t be here for week. So my question is, I made a bucket of fresh salt water but won’t be able to put the rock rubble in it with a pump until tomorrow. Will the life on and in the rock rubble be okay inside the filter house until then with no movement in the water?

Can you put airstone in there with lid off?
Edit: I mean in the canister filter

 

[Sophie"s mom]

I don’t have any air stones! I wish I did.

 

[FUNGI]

I don’t have any air stones! I wish I did.

extra small pump? I think you should be ok for a day or so....just IMO

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Fingers crossed! Thank you for the response.

 

[vlangel]

Can you take the rubble rock and put it in a filter socks and drop it in your tank, which I assume has powerheads?

That is what I plan to do if my canister filter quits.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

extra small pump? I think you should be ok for a day or so....just IMO

So I do have a very small Tunze power head. I put that in there!

 

[Subsea]

So I do have a very small Tunze power head. I put that in there!

Mine started to have a faint smell of h2s in 24 hours. In my case, I turned it off for feeding and forgot it off.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Mine started to have a faint smell of h2s in 24 hours. In my case, I turned it off for feeding and forgot it off.

Thank you! I am hoping it is all good. I just lowered the small power head down into where the prefilter goes, and made sure it had surface agitation.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Mine started to have a faint smell of h2s in 24 hours. In my case, I turned it off for feeding and forgot it off.

Also, hate to sound dumb here, but what do you mean H2s?

 

[Subsea]

Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs. Organic decomposition in the absence of oxygen. Most gas utility companies add h2s as a leak detector warning.

In mature aquariums with deep sand beds, I could see the black line against the glass and when I stirred it up, it had a very slight rotten eggs smell.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs. Organic decomposition in the absence of oxygen. Most gas utility companies add h2s as a leak detector warning.

In mature aquariums with deep sand beds, I could see the black line against the glass and when I stirred it up, it had a very slight rotten eggs smell.

Ahh, thank you. Learn something new every day