Smelly Water

On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 22:11:20 GMT, "Stevieboy"
<sanste.RemoveThis@keepyourspam.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>Hello All
>
>Over the last day or so the water in my aquarium has started to smell.
>Regular water changes are carried out and the water is crystal clear. I have
>the correct size filter for the tank and an extra filter running also.
>Any advice would be truly received
>

Not sure what type of smell you are referring to, but I've experienced
unusual smell on two occasions. The first time happened when I was
first setting up the tank (way, way overstocked, not enough
filtration, etc) causing smell that reminded me of more or less septic
tank. Although water did appear clear, I was struggling with keeping
nitrite down, nitrate down, etc.

The second time I smelled something unusual was about a month ago. Not
an offensive smell, but smell nonetheless and I couldn't figure it
out. What I started noticing several weeks prior to this was darkish
stuff on all the cloth plants. Although I do check ammonia, nitrite,
and nitrate, I've quit checking pH thinking that it would not change.
Surprise, surprise, the usual high pH (7.5 - 8) has dropped to 6.8 -
7. I don't know what caused it, but after several successive water
changes, everything is back to normal again and no smell.

This did teach me a lesson though. Good idea to test water for pH as
well.

Nona

Nona (another foodie and hapa)
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