odor?

[fbm]

There is a ripe odor coming from my tank water...never smelled anything like it before, can't really describe any better than ripe.
Ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
ph 8.2
calcium 420
any ideas what is causing this or how to get ride of it? it isn't stinking the room up you have to be right on top of the water to smell it, i noticed when I was cleaning my lights....

 

[renogaw]

how old is the tank?
what algae do you have growing in it?
are you missing any snails?
how often do you do water changes, do you have a skimmer?
does your water level go down any in your tank?

 

[scsinet]

A heathly tank shouldn't smell except right after feeding time.
It would help if you could somehow describe the smell somehow. Does it have a sulfer odor? Rotten eggs?
Do you have a protein skimmer on the system?

 

[grips]

Carbon helps eliminate odors, but you need to find the source of the smell.
I know that my fuge stinks when the algae gets overgrown. A dead snail can stink up a tank real quick.
Good luck.

 

[fbm]

Yes i have a skimmer, I have a little hair algea in it, and it is possible a snail died that I don't know about. I have nassarius snails and I can't always see them. If it is caused by a snail will the smell go away?

 

[scsinet]

Yes, the smell will go away.

 

[renogaw]

ugh, dead snail smell. not much worse than that so far.

 

[fugzz]

Im far from experienced in this field, but i know that when i first got my liverock worms and all sorts of strange things come out of hiding after 2-3 days and my water got really murky and the water began to stink so bad that i almost threwup everytime i walked into my room... it was shocking... I did a complete water change and got rid of all the worms etc - not sure this was the best idea but it did get rid of that smell... I asked a friend what happened and he said the Liverock wasnt cured but he could be wrong...

 

[1journeyman]

You happen to leave a cup of frozen fish food out to thaw and forget about it? That will cause one vile smell...