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01/20/2012, 06:39 PM
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Stinky water
I just started my 75 gal tank... and i was just wondering why my water stiiiinks.... it has a weird smell to it. I dont have anything live yet... i have dry rock and sand. the water is still cloudy from the sand being put in it.. but for some reason the water smells
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01/20/2012, 06:51 PM
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Im new to this as well, but the smell could be caused by ammonia levels going up . which is good if you are cycling your tank.
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01/20/2012, 06:52 PM
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Mine had a little stank to it, read somewhere to turn the heater up, that seemed to help
Newb here too, and mine was cycling, still freaking is |
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01/20/2012, 06:54 PM
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i havent started my cycle yet.... tonight is the first ive had everything running..... ill try turning the temp on the heater to 79 and see if that works
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01/20/2012, 07:03 PM
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Where did you get the rocks? What sand did you put in?
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01/20/2012, 07:10 PM
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The rocks were dry rock from my lfs and the sand is caribsea aragonite
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01/20/2012, 07:24 PM
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The live sand, will (after sitting around) only have anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria survive, the by product of their activity is hydrogen sulfide, rotten egg odor. The dry rock could have some organic matter hanging around, and adding water continued the decay process.
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01/20/2012, 07:34 PM
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01/20/2012, 07:38 PM
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The dry rock could have some organic matter hanging around, and adding water continued the decay process.
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01/20/2012, 07:45 PM
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well i bought the rock about 5 months ago so wouldnt everything be gone by now? and is there anythign i can do to make it not smell so bad
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01/20/2012, 07:52 PM
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This is my bet too. Especially if the dry rock is the 'dead' recently live rock. Less so, if it's the mined (lace/base) rock variety. Either way my bet is the smell is coming from a bacterial bloom. JMTC & GL!
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01/20/2012, 07:57 PM
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Is their a way to get rid of it? It stinks up my room
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01/20/2012, 08:07 PM
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Check out the rock. Is there any seaweed, shells, etc. On it? I bought pukani dry rock. If there is any visible debris, take it off.
Did you wash off and/or scrub the dry rock? If, not I'd recommend that and do a good water change. Be sure to test for phosphates. As some dry rock is reported to leach them for months. Good luck!
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01/20/2012, 08:08 PM
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Time and your cycle has started........ you can do water changes might help to an extent, but time.
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01/20/2012, 08:14 PM
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hmmm i guess ill just spray freeze for the time being haha.... id be shocked if my cycle started already... i havent done a thing, no live rock/sand, ghost feeding or anything. today is the first day ive had all my equipment running....but im still learning so im sure your right
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01/20/2012, 08:14 PM
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Does running carbon help with removing odor?
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01/20/2012, 08:23 PM
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Yes it does, you should run it.
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01/20/2012, 08:25 PM
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what alex said lol
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01/20/2012, 08:25 PM
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Yes and you should run it
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01/20/2012, 08:49 PM
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with a carbon reactor or can i just get a bag of the carbon filters from pet smart and drop it in
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01/20/2012, 09:14 PM
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The stink in my tank comes from the skimmer...man does that skimmate stink!
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01/20/2012, 09:16 PM
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You can do it either way, it all depends on how much money you want to spend.
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01/20/2012, 09:25 PM
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ill probably use the bag... unless the stink will never go away then ill get a reactor
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