Water smell

[dodo]

Thanks


Readings:

ammonia: (between 0 and 0.25) (closer to zero)
nitrates: (between 10 and 20) (closer to 10)
nitrite: (0)
Ph: 7.2

I just did a waterchange of 40% before doing the test...

Any idea apart from food what can cause the tank to smell

 

[flagtail]

stop using sticks....do 2 wc for a week....and see smell gone.

 

[dodo]

stop using sticks....do 2 wc for a week....and see smell gone.

Yeah lol....but sticks have good nutrients...I will start doing 40% to 45% WC twice a week and see how it goes

I need to get the 3/4 strainer asap...

What temp do you keep your tank at?
Do you just use prime when you do WC?

 

[flagtail]

Look in vids....no heaters....no idea what water temp is.....fish have never complain'd...LOL

I use aquaplus, but only if I notice fish doing some head shaking or show distress.....while filling tank, I spray the water in, aerating it will dissipate the chlorine, around here they don't use chloramines.

 

[Toby_H]

I use aquaplus, but only if I notice fish doing some head shaking or show distress.....while filling tank, I spray the water in, aerating it will dissipate the chlorine, around here they don't use chloramines.

Despite your years of personal experience proving it wrong... you can't do that because I read so on the internet!

Please note the sarcasrm... as yet again someone's personal experience exposes the common internet exaggerations...

Though chlorine can/does/will kill bacteria... the concentrations used in typical drinking water, cut in half when doing a 50% water change... just aren't nearly as bad for our fish or our bacteria as reading hte internet will have you believe...


While I do advocate the use of dechlorinator... the "fatal importance" is highly overhyped by the manufacturers who are millionaires because we use so much of it...