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Old 06-10-2008, 09:04 PM
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my 90 gallon tank is currently smelling like florida through the basement where it is. The fish and everything is okay. But I am getting the smell throughout the basement. It smells fishy like the ocean.,

Is there anything that I can do for this? I wanna get rid of the smell.
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Old 06-10-2008, 09:08 PM
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Just had this problem when i moved houses. I found that lighting some candles really helped. Every 15 mins i would go down and blow them out and then relight them. Next day, no smell!

Running some carbon might work as well.

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Old 06-10-2008, 09:37 PM
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Proper skimming and regular water changes would prevent that from happening, and as stated Carbon will help.
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Old 06-10-2008, 10:26 PM
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my 90 gallon tank is currently smelling like florida through the basement where it is. The fish and everything is okay. But I am getting the smell throughout the basement. It smells fishy like the ocean.,

Is there anything that I can do for this? I wanna get rid of the smell.
Geez, that's wierd. Mine smells like the ocean too. But then it is a saltwater tank.
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Old 06-10-2008, 10:47 PM
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i find that our dehumidifier really helps keep the smell down
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Old 06-11-2008, 02:57 AM
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How can anyone not like the smell of the ocean. I think mine does not smell enough.
Must get a bigger tank.
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Old 06-11-2008, 03:14 AM
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What I feed my tank makes an impact on it's bouquet. Too much frozen food and I can smell in my fish room so I feed flake for a couple days and its perfect.
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:58 PM
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Ya, mine smelled more when I fet Frozen Mysis regularly. Now swapped in some pellet, to mix the diet up, doesnt smell as bad. I really noticed the smell opening the Sump cabinet. Smell just accumulates in there LOL
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Old 06-11-2008, 08:23 PM
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Remember, you've got 90 gallons of ocean in your basement
Running small amounts of activated carbon regularly and making sure you have good ventilation going through your basement will really help
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