smelly aquarium

[danny]

i have cleaned my tank fully today but my water still smells although
it is crystel clear can some one tell me how to get rid of the smell

[Guido]

danny wrote:
> i have cleaned my tank fully today but my water still smells although
> it is crystel clear can some one tell me how to get rid of the smell
>
I'm not an expert, but you may want to try using carbon in your filter.

[Steve]

danny wrote:
> i have cleaned my tank fully today but my water still smells although
> it is crystel clear can some one tell me how to get rid of the smell
>

Replace 20 to 50 percent of your water with dechlorinated tap water,
once a week. This is usually done as part of the aquarium cleaning, and
it's known as a "partial water change".
Steve

[Elaine T]

danny wrote:
> i have cleaned my tank fully today but my water still smells although
> it is crystel clear can some one tell me how to get rid of the smell
>
Are you sure there isn't a dead fish or snail somewhere in the tank?
Dead snails are particularly stinky.

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[Billy]

"danny" > wrote in message
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>i have cleaned my tank fully today but my water still smells
>although
> it is crystel clear can some one tell me how to get rid of the
> smell
>

What kind of filtration do you have? Is it being maintained properly?

[danny]

i have a 5 stage reef one filter cartrige which is brand new do you
think it could be that i have disturbed the ceramic media and smell has
got out

[danny]

no ive checked no dead stuff

ive only got 6 fish in at the moment its a new tank

[danny]

no ive checked no dead stuff

ive only got 6 fish in at the moment its a new tank

[danny]

no ive checked no dead stuff

ive only got 6 fish in at the moment its a new tank

[Steve]

danny wrote:

> ive only got 6 fish in at the moment its a new tank
>

Google "new tank syndrome" and "aquarium cycling" or "aquarium cycling".
Or go to http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html and http://www.thekrib.com/ .
Steve

[danny]

Steve wrote:
> danny wrote:
>
> > ive only got 6 fish in at the moment its a new tank
> >
>
> Google "new tank syndrome" and "aquarium cycling" or "aquarium cycling".
> Or go to http://www.bestfish.com/breakin.html and http://www.thekrib.com/ .
> Steve


thnx for that

[Elaine T]

danny wrote:
> i have a 5 stage reef one filter cartrige which is brand new do you
> think it could be that i have disturbed the ceramic media and smell has
> got out
>
Nah. Disturbing a healthy filter should only release what I perceive as
a mild pondwater smell. I've never found it offensive and certainly not
like "poo." Tanks where the gravel isn't planted or cleaned can have
patches of anaerobic gravel with bacteria that make a rotten egg smell
(H2S) when disturbed. That calls for an immediate, thorough gravel
cleaning because H2S makes the fish in the tank sick. However, your
tank isn't old enough for that.

I had another thought - blue green algae can make a tank smell really
funky. Siphon any green, slimy looking algae off of wherever it's growing.

Finally, I sometimes find that FW tanks in the nitrite part of the cycle
can smell really "fishy" while nitrites are high. If that's it, you'll
just have to wait it out.

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[danny]

thanks ye it'll probly be that