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Hey,

I just got a new tank..( 10 gallon ) about 3 days ago. Iam letting the filter run without adding anymore fish. ( there are 4 barbs in there now )there is a wierd smell comming out of the tank right now. Any suggustions? What is the smell?

Peter

20 GALLON LONG CURRENTLY EMPTY ~~~~ 10 GALLON W/ STRIPPED CONVICT

Do you see anything algae-like on the surface? If you do, it's cyanobacteria, which smells.

If not, give your tank a couple days to adjust the parameters and everything.

No there is no sign of alge. Ya ill let it run for a while.



Thx!

20 GALLON LONG CURRENTLY EMPTY ~~~~ 10 GALLON W/ STRIPPED CONVICT

Some conditioners will make it smell. Prime and Amquel are two that will do this. Newer tanks have a tendency to produce odors. Just for the heck of it, open your conditioner and take a whiff. See if it is similar.

I wouldn't worry about odor unless you smell very strong rotten eggs. This would be hydrogen sulfide, but that usually grows in older tanks where substrate is compacted. You might smell it sometime during a gravel vac, but the gases are being vac'd out. This is why gravel vacs are good because they break up the substrate and release gases that are sucked out. If you've ever stepped into a thick muck in the lake, then smelled rotten eggs, you'll know what I mean

Last edited by Cory_Di at 02-Jan-2005 18:22

Last edited by Cory_Di at 02-Jan-2005 18:44

well, your tank is probably cycling, which will make it smell pretty bad for am onth or so

it helps if you can describe the smell. or even if there is a place you smell it stronger than other places in or around the tank.

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If its like a sewage smell my little bro's new tank had this after about 5days it was away.

Does it still smell Peter?