Tank Smell

[Cohazard]

maybe it's her?

yeah carbon will help or maybe gravel vac. ever considered a protien skimmer?

I agree ^^


Carbon helps, but those who aren't aquarists will be more sensitive to the organic 'earthy' smell that a healthy fish tank has.

I imagine the only way you don't get that smell is if you have a 24hr drip system? I'm not sure on that though.

 

[WolfFisho1]

It could be algea that she smells and not exactly the fishy water smell do u have excessive algea growth because it can make a unpleasent odor when exposed to air like when u do a water change but i agree with the others carbon will help.

algae can have a very foul oder ecspecially when out of water!

 

[Troyness31]

I would guess that it is your sand that is smelling so bad. Sand traps gasses and unless its moved frequently will get a bad odor. Scoop out a big handful of sand and ask your wife if thats what the smell is. Good luck

 

[WolfFisho1]

I would guess that it is your sand that is smelling so bad. Sand traps gasses and unless its moved frequently will get a bad odor. Scoop out a big handful of sand and ask your wife if thats what the smell is. Good luck

gravel cant trap gases to but not much as sand! i dont kno about those gases being oderous though!

 

[Troyness31]

gravel cant trap gases to but not much as sand! i dont kno about those gases being oderous though!

He said that his substrate was sand, not gravel. I have had sand substrate before and it did get the smell quite often. I have since changed over to gravel subtrate and the smell is gone.

 

[balton777]

Scoop out a big handful of sand and ask your wife if thats what the smell is.

Somehow I don't see that going over too well.

 

[pingpong]

Sometimes when I feed my fish I accidentally drop some pellets on the inside rim of the tank and they stay moist because of the humidity in the tank. After a couple days it really stinks. This might be your problem too.

 

[Ozkar]

Next time tell her it could be worse! It could be that wet dog smell. Man, nothing stinks worse than wet dog!

The wife if obviously not a fish person. (from the basement that is)

 

[WolfFisho1]

Next time tell her it could be worse! It could be that wet dog smell. Man, nothing stinks worse than wet dog!

The wife if obviously not a fish person. (from the basement that is)

wet dog isnt that bad! if you forget to clean chicken poop and it rains a lot and gets hot and does that a lot! that smells bad! like rotting fish!

 

[sje106]

Last time my tank smelt i was because it had a touch of nitrite. i work in the trade and almost immune to the smell, but this one hit me lol. as the peeps on here said, change of carbon (every 2 months i say) and get rid of the nitrite (if any). but yeah peeps who don't have fish always complain a lot! we get it in the shop when the posh folk walk in. they grab there nose and say '' oooh, smells of fish in here'' (me thinking, ''yeah a fish room with many hundreds of fish would kinda smell a bit like that)