Cigarettes and Reef tanks!

[marc1986]

Good morning gang!

Just a quick general question for you...

Okay,

A friend of mine is a fellow Reef keeper...(she's actually the reason that I wanted to start in the first place)...

So here's the deal...she and her boyfriend live in an apartment and their tank is set up in their living room...kinda confined...anywho, they are heavy smokers, in fact...lets say sometimes they smoke other things...I guess she really is a "Reef-er Keeper" Lame joke...I know..

Anyway, my question is...wouldn't smoke from either cigarettes or another "unknown" source...cough cough...cause changes in the water chemistry?

Lets wake up and get our brains workin!

Thanks in advance guys!

[Iraf]

eh, there has been a few discussions on this before, I think the conclusion was that smoking isnt a death sentence for your fish but it is for the people smoking it, it can and will cause electronics to go bad sooner than they should and they'd probably have to do bulb changes more often if they are heavy smokers

[amcarrig]

Here you go

An interesting thought concerning cigarette smoke and my fish tank...

[marc1986]

Thanks Iraf,

I had no idea that smoking would cause the equipment to quit...informative.

I'm glad to hear that her innocent fish aren't going to be in distress because of her habit.

[marc1986]

Cool, thanks amcarrig,

How are yall able to dig up this stuff???

I guess I was just thinking of the concept of a water bong...and how the THC and such...and the dirty water...yuk...but...I think I would call Ripleys if I saw my fish lounging around with bloodshot eyes and begging for a twinkie!

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by marc1986

How are yall able to dig up this stuff???

I guess I was just thinking of the concept of a water bong...and how the THC and such...and the dirty water...yuk...but...I think I would call Ripleys if I saw my fish lounging around with bloodshot eyes and begging for a twinkie!

The search function is very helpful

[marc1986]

Sorry...still new to the site.

Didn't even know there was a search function...lol

[Tangster]

I kept tanks for yrs as a smoker of 4 packs aday and one weekend I'd hit closer to 5 aday , It never caused any equipment or water damage . I did not feel that great maybe thats why I stopped ? Albert Thiel blasted through a few a day also his tanks never suffered .. I would not suggest that you try and pump it into the water . But who ever worried about cooking fumes and grease and cleaners around the tank ? Like the Wind ex debate I use it and have for many yrs never a problem then there are those who swear the sky is falling I can only assume repeating what they had read as I and or anyone I knew to smoke heavily or use wind ex ever had a problem.. I would suggest them to use carbon as anyone should ..
I had guys to stand in my old LFS after closing and shoot the breeze and have a few beers and a talk reefs and corals and the smoke so thick it made me cough (: no harm ever came from it I could tell.

Oh this was back in the day when people looked at you funny if you did not smoke somthing or another (: Almost everybody smoked back then .

[marc1986]

LMAO...

Thanks Tangster.

Wow...4 to 5 packs a day...that's a bunch...Well Cheers to you for quiting!...Not that I condemn smoking...I too am a smoker...hard habit to kick!

[R34dawn]

very informative, now any one that says cigarette smoke is bad for what lives in the tank is probably a none smoker freak, just looking for a reason to make others see from their point of view, early in school we all learn the basic compounds which are solids, liquid, and gases. salt water is a saturated liquid that rather spell gas than absorb, the oxygen does however, introduce it's self into the water by precipitation and by the nitrifying bacteria in media, smoke concentration in a room CO2 would have to be so thick and invasive to penetrate the water that you couldn't breath 5min and stay alive.
now that's what i've think.