Turning Bio Pellets on after being off for weeks

[Cubbies]

So here is the story. I have a black lab that is terrified of storms and whenever there is one he looks for a spot to go cozy up in. Well last night he ended up around my equipment plug ins. A couple weeks ago I disconnected a bio pellet reactor due to it clogging way too much and left it sitting there. I am looking for something better. This morning I go to the fish tank and everything is off. Hectically I start plugging a couple plugs that were disconnected in and turn the switches on. Now I don't know if anybody has ever opened a canister of bio pellets after them sitting there for a couple days but they smell rotten if you have. Well I left the room for a few minutes and came back to check everything was ok. I smelled that rotten smell and I was oh darn! Of course I plugged the BP back on!! Now my questions are: Has anyone ever done this and what did you do? Am I in trouble? What should I do? It smells horrible atm but everything looks ok in the tank. Sorry for the long story! TIA

 

[Herbie]

Did you do a water change to be safe? If it stinks it's probably bad for the tank

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[Cubbies]

Water ran through the reactor for like 5 minutes. Everything still looking ok. But either way, yea it reeked!

 

[Herbie]

Your tank is probably way bigger than mine but I'd drop extra carbon an do a big wc if that happened to me. Not a lot of time to" wait and see" in my world. Fortunately it's biological and it isn't a defensive toxin, but you have to think it's a big introduction of something nasty that wasn't there before. If the reactor was off for weeks there's no telling what is living in there and what it was pooping.

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