Bug Died In Filtration Area

[Evan28395950]

boxelder, is how I think you spell it, died in my filtration chamber, scooped it out, should everything be fine? I’m running carbon atm too

 

[Oscaror]

boxelder, is how I think you spell it, died in my filtration chamber, scooped it out, should everything be fine? I’m running carbon atm too

Are you talking about this kind of bug?

 

[Evan28395950]

Yea

 

[tehmadreefer]

Lol worried about a dead bug?

 

[Oscaror]

Yea

Well you say you scooped it out, so it likely didn't have much time to decompose. Plus it's just a little bug. They don't seem to be particularly venomous or poisonous so that should be a non issue as well. Nothing to worry about

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a box elder AKA stink bug. Better it’s dead as they leave a heck if an odor.
NET IT AND FORGET IT

 

[Dom]

The nitrifying bacteria colony in your tank would have dealt with it if it went unnoticed. You found it and pulled it out... no worries.

 

[Erica-Renee]

Free protein . Yeah we get those around here. Last few years more and more.. I have started spraying outside .

 

[Joshua Kerstetter]

I live in PA, and frequently get a stink bug in the display tank, sump, overflow, everything, they tend to float for awhile so I'd agree with everyone else, never saw them make an impact on the tank.

 

[ThunderGoose]

I was cleaning and re-filling a dosing container and discovered a dead moth. Not sure how long it was in there but no obvious effects on the tank. Unless it was the moth that caused everything to finally start looking good and growing....

 

[ccoffel81]

be glad you don’t have to look out for this in Sump always swimming in floss area too.

 

[Livinlocal]

Every year around June when we start getting beetles flying around, my system eats about 3-5 beetles a day because my frag system has always been in my garage.

I actually fed one of the dead beetles to my carpet anemone and he seemed to enjoy it lol

 

[Evan28395950]

Lol