Tank smell

Oscar owner · Mar 11, 2013

I did a big water change and replaced the filter cartridges yesterday and now my tank has a strong smell and it looks like my Oscar now has hole in the head what did I do wrong? What should I do?

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Miguel · Mar 11, 2013

Could your water have ammonia? Did you check the params?

Does it smell foul or " chemical"?

lix.ma14 · Mar 11, 2013

Clean out the the filter completely with hot water. It might kill the beneficial bacteria though.

tomomothy · Mar 11, 2013

Ive never heard of hole in the head forming that rapidly but burns from ammonia could be the culprit. can you post pics to help id the problem?

Oscar owner · Mar 11, 2013

I can't check my water parameters I ran out of it. But it has a foul smell

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Miguel · Mar 11, 2013

Foul smell is ammonia.
Could ther be detritus that were under the gravel?

Do another water change.

F1 VET · Mar 11, 2013

tomomothy said:
Ive never heard of hole in the head forming that rapidly but burns from ammonia could be the culprit. can you post pics to help id the problem?

+1

How often do you really sit down and observe your fish?

Also depends on stocking and tank size

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women?! pleeze. you're like one of my grandsons. I can't even visualize you thattaway, it's just wrong.
I forgot all about NLS.

you might wanna cut back on your jet fuel intake.

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Avalanche · Mar 11, 2013

Did you replace the bio in the filter when you changed the cartridges?

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Oscar owner · Mar 11, 2013

My sand did get moved around a lot. I observe my fish daily and I took a picture of before I cleaned the tank. When I got the fish it had hole in the head already when I saved it. It just looks like it spread.

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petspoiler · Mar 11, 2013

your posts are too brief, lack info & you're skipping around on subject matter.
the smell is for General Aquaria section of forum.
The fish Hole in The Head issue is for the Diseases section & needs a bunch of history info & images.
be more thorough & you'll get decent answers.


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