Room Smells because of tank?

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  1. SeminoleB

    SeminoleB Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Did water change like a month ago. Going to do another wc tomorrow
     
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  3. Scuba Ken

    Scuba Ken Ritteri Anemone

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    How warm is the water, when my tank hovers at 83 or higher (summer you know) I get a fishy algae smell.
     
  4. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    +1 Also noticed you have more then one Turbo in there.Don't quite remember how big your tank is but IME one is usually plenty for anything under 125 gallons.They are very efficient and can starve easily.I too have had the fishy smell just recently.It seemed to go away on its own.Still don't know the cause.
     
  5. 55gfowlr

    55gfowlr Zoanthid

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    Diddo......

    I've never used any bio additives. In fact, I brought up the idea of using these "newer" bio concoctions to my seller (he's been in the business for 30 years) and for the same reason I only buy there, he laughed. Said these same things have come around before claiming they're better than the one before that, and it takes thousands upon thousands of suckers to realize that they are useless.
    It's sad that most stores try and only sell to the new comers and make most of their buck off of ignorance. I guess that's driving economics though.
     
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  6. 55gfowlr

    55gfowlr Zoanthid

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    Perhaps a particular time of the season? Just a thought......