Tank Smells!!!!

MarkoD · #1 08-28-2011, 03:35 AM

so for a couple days now one of my fish just disappeared.... im assuming it died but i cant find it anywhere.

I've spent hours looking for it.

i was out all day and i get home and my whole basement smells. i dont even know what it smells like (felt really hot and humid and smelled like ocean or soemthing)

i run 2 large bags of carbon but it doesnt help.

any advice?

bignose · #2 08-28-2011, 03:56 AM

carbon

MKLKT · #3 08-28-2011, 03:58 AM

Any dead spots on the surface or areas where algae/filter floss/animals are touching the air? I've only ever had my tank noticeably smell when my macro started growing out of the water and when exposing xenia family corals to the air (they are awful!)

MarkoD · #4 08-28-2011, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MKLKT

Any dead spots on the surface or areas where algae/filter floss/animals are touching the air? I've only ever had my tank noticeably smell when my macro started growing out of the water and when exposing xenia family corals to the air (they are awful!)

Actually yeah!!! Recently my cheato started floating.

Thanks for that.

Anyone have any idea what I should do about the disappeared (probably dead) fish?

MKLKT · #5 08-28-2011, 04:02 AM

The fish could possibly be stuck somewhere from jumping and uh... cooking during the day while you were out. If it happened in the tank and you have any substantial clean up crew it'd likely be completely gone.

MarkoD · #6 08-28-2011, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MKLKT

The fish could possibly be stuck somewhere from jumping and uh... cooking during the day while you were out. If it happened in the tank and you have any substantial clean up crew it'd likely be completely gone.

No way the fish could be out of water. My canopy completely encloses the top

randallino · #7 08-28-2011, 06:09 AM

Are you running pellets, I had a major mulm bloom and it stunk like stale-stagnant water.
Good luck

MarkoD · #8 08-28-2011, 08:12 AM

Nope no Pellets

Cal_stir · #9 08-28-2011, 12:19 PM

is it the water that smells? take a cupful to a room that doesn't smell and smell it.

MarkoD · #10 08-28-2011, 01:06 PM

Honestly I don't think it's the water. When I get close I can't smell anything. And when I'm crouching under the stand I can't smell anything, but when I stand up I can smell it