not sure what to think...

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demjor19

demjor19

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i did a water change on my 13" rhoms tank this past thursday, because i was going back to PA for the weekend and this is standard proceedure. anyway...when i got back i smelled what seemed to be rotten garbage!?:confused: after closer inspection i realized it was my rhoms tank, but everything appeared to be fine. she looked great and her four gold apple snail tankmates were all alive. i didnt feed anyone before i left and nothing died. i guess my question is....what made the water smell this bad? i'm puzzled.
 
we cant tell just by this anything else??? just do another WC ro get rid of it
 
i dont use active carbon on any of my filtration (all my tanks are on a pretty extensive water change schedule). this wasn't a "lake smell" it was more like a "dead fish on a summer day smell" totally not normal. of course i have already done a water change since this occured. the tank has been on the same water change schedule for over a year and this has never happened before.
 
I would guess you have some food hung up somewhere in the substrate or something.

And congrats on not using carbon!
 
The substrate is a dusting of black sand, and i watch every piece of food that goes into that tank and if it isnt eaten, I remove it that night. I also did a full water change the night I got home and there was nothing in there.
 
ziggy2;1616140; said:
I would guess you have some food hung up somewhere in the substrate or something.

And congrats on not using carbon!
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congrats on not using carbon? is using carbon bad :nilly: i use carbon on my 55g :nilly::nilly::nilly:
 
really in a healthy tank there is no reason to use carbon, carbon just covers up any problems...

also when was the last time you cleaned the filter? there maybe a build up of waste in the filter and needs to be cleaned out...
 
rucus;1897418; said:
Seriously? whats wrong with carbon?
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Somehow, whenever I use carbon, my fish get HITH. Then I take the carbon out, and the HITH goes away. I have never had a fish that had HITH in a tank that lacked carbon in the filter pad. When there was carbon, they always came down with HITH. Crazy huh?:nilly:
 
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