Does the smoking room effect on tank ?

[Volpone]

Hello reefers :
If the tank inside smoking room effects on it ?
What I mean I read before if there is refreshment next to tank will effect on nitrate ?
Is it true ?

 

[Reefing Madness]

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[NanaReefer]

I live in a 2 BR trailer with a smoker. Haven't noticed a rise in nitrates but then again I totally over skim

 

[LinkaStarr]

There is no direct answer to your question. Here is a bit I cut and pasted to explain the water solubility: Cigarette smoke In water or in the droplets of particulate matter in tobacco smoke, the distribution of nicotine among its three forms depends on the pH of the solution. Increasing acidity of the solution increases the fraction of protonated molecules; conversely, increasing basicity increases the fraction in the unprotonated (free base) form. Because all forms of nicotine are highly soluble in water, all of the nicotine entering the respiratory tract from one puff of tobacco smoke easily dissolves in lung fluids and blood. However, because unprotonated nicotine from tobacco smoke particles is volatile, whereas protonated nicotine is not, a higher percentage of unprotonated nicotine in a puff results in a higher rate of nicotine deposition in the respiratory tract (Pankow 2001; Henningfield et al. 2004). The exact nature and effects of the increased rate of deposition depends on the chemical composition and the size of particles in the tobacco smoke, as well as topographic characteristics of smoking, such as puff size and duration and depth of inhalation. Increased rates of deposition in the respiratory tract lead to increased rates of nicotine delivery to the brain, which intensify the addictive properties of a drug (Henningfield et al. 2004). The conventional view has been that a sample of particulate matter from tobacco smoke is not usually so acidic that the diprotonated form becomes important. In water at room temperature, the approximate dividing line between dominance by protonated forms or by the unprotonated form is a pH of 8 (González et al. 1980). At higher pH, the fraction of unprotonated nicotine (αfb) is greater than the fraction of protonated nicotine (Pankow 2001). At pH 8, the two fractions are present in equal percentages. At any lower pH, the fraction of protonated nicotine is greater.


So in theory yes your tank would in fact absorb small amounts of the nicotine and could very well effect your tank however its unclear the amounts of the elements that the tank would receive and wether or not it would be enough to change the chemicals such as the ammonia nitrogen levels and the ph.

A way to test this would be to clean your tank test your levels and not smoke in the room for one week (larger tank maybe 2 weeks) controlling the amount of food and documenting each feeding. Retest levels every day and log them.

Now do a water change exactly how you did before starting week one. Now during this week smoke in the room and follow the same feeding regime as you did in the week prior to keep conditions controlled as possible. Test your tank levels everyday and log as you did when you didn't smoke in the room. Compare and see if you notice and degree of fluctuation within the levels.

Hope this helps

 

[Velodog2]

Beyond pH and other basic chemistry issues, always remember that nicotine is an insecticide. That is what it evolved for and is very effective as. You are exposing the tank to second hand smoke and any nicotine that is dissolved as a result is not going to help any of your arthropods.

 

[Volpone]

Thx Linkastarr interesting topic +1