demosthenes8
New Member
Greetings,
I received a new lavender mushroom by overnight delivery yesterday, took it through a two hour acclimation, and placed it in a nice clean area in my tank.
It smells bad. Really bad. Like a-gallon-of-sour-milk-settled-deep-in-wet-carpeting bad. (Those of you with kids know what I mean...)
The water it came in smelled sour when I opened the bag yesterday, but this was watered down gradually with tank water during the acclimation process and then disposed of completely.
24 hours later, the whole house stinks and it's coming from the tank.
I tested for ammonia, nitrate, and nitrate and everything is good and I'm whipping up a batch of replacement water now to do a 25% water change.
The lavender mushrooms are open, and look really pretty and healthy.
What do I do?
I received a new lavender mushroom by overnight delivery yesterday, took it through a two hour acclimation, and placed it in a nice clean area in my tank.
It smells bad. Really bad. Like a-gallon-of-sour-milk-settled-deep-in-wet-carpeting bad. (Those of you with kids know what I mean...)
The water it came in smelled sour when I opened the bag yesterday, but this was watered down gradually with tank water during the acclimation process and then disposed of completely.
24 hours later, the whole house stinks and it's coming from the tank.
I tested for ammonia, nitrate, and nitrate and everything is good and I'm whipping up a batch of replacement water now to do a 25% water change.
The lavender mushrooms are open, and look really pretty and healthy.
What do I do?