Cat POOPED in my sand bed... :O

[Devaji]

the long and short of it.
I washed out some special grad sand for the new build. look way longer then i thought to get the tank in the house.
cat pooped in the tub of clean sand that I had in the basement fish room...

so after scooping do you all think a good washing then a soak in bleach for a few hours then a day or two to dry out in the sun would do the trick?

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Oh man! That's a tough break! Darn!

I mean...it's organic...I think wash, bleach, and dry should be good enough.

Sorry! I can't imagine how frustrating that would be!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

the long and short of it.
I washed out some special grad sand for the new build. look way longer then i thought to get the tank in the house.
cat pooped in the tub of clean sand that I had in the basement fish room...

so after scooping do you all think a good washing then a soak in bleach for a few hours then a day or two to dry out in the sun would do the trick?

I feel like it would be ok? Honestly, never seen this happen before haha

 

[Reefer Matt Verified Media Partner]

I think removing it and the surrounding sand, then rinsing the rest will be enough. Sand is basically a fish litterbox anyway.

 

[Devaji]

 

[nothing_fancy]

Haha, I wouldn't use it. Try posting this in the tank transfer thread, I believe this is a new one for them.

 

[Gtinnel]

If just poop and not pee I’d scoop the poop out and use it.

 

[jrill]

So where did you bury the cat?

 

[Devaji]

 

[RichReef]

I wouldn't be afraid to use it. At all. Scoop it out and don't worry. Our systems are literally designed to handle this.

 

[Midrats]

I hope you are using clumping aragonite.

 

[brandon429]

you can cycle a tank with that poop sir. =the transfer thread

 

[DaneGer21]

New product alert, Meow Mix Sand!

 

[ErikVR]

I'm sorry that happened to you, but on the other hand I'm glad dumb **** doesn't only happen to me

 

[brandon429]

Im glad you removed it. nothing left behind as trace material would concern me for this environment. simply pre rinse the sand so the standard clouding is gone/totally clear like a laser can't cloud/then use in new tank will be fine

 

[DaJMasta]

If just poop and not pee I’d scoop the poop out and use it.

I dunno, people add ammonia to tanks to feed their cycle...

 

[exnisstech]

The perfect solution

 

[afrokobe]

if the cat peed, you could have just put it straight into the tank. no need to buy dr. tim's ammonia

 

[Pyrogens]

The perfect solution

Beautiful pups ya got there! And I second this solution lol!

 

[littlefoxx]

the long and short of it.
I washed out some special grad sand for the new build. look way longer then i thought to get the tank in the house.
cat pooped in the tub of clean sand that I had in the basement fish room...

so after scooping do you all think a good washing then a soak in bleach for a few hours then a day or two to dry out in the sun would do the trick?

And thats why Im a dog person! Hopefully it works out!