Smelly

Hello,

I recently did a water change and noticed that my water has a little smell to it. I have also noticed a little bit of GHA growing in some areas with lower flow. I added another k2 to my system. now i have two k2 in my 55? any idea why the water would stink and ideas of getting rid of the GHA or controlling it.

 

Time to start a media reactor. I like Seachem Seagel, it's carbon for the stinky's and phosphate remover for phosphates.


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yea run carbon or purigen or both, purigen is kinda like a protein skimmer in a media

 

So far good advice.

Any time your tank smells run fresh activated carbon, this will solve it within a few hours.

For the GHA – Nitrates and Phosphates are the usual culprits Personally I like rowaphos, purigen and chemipure – I find this particular cocktail to be the best combination 24/7 year round.

 

This is great advise as I too run purigen and carbon.

 

if it is a rotten egg smell and you stirred the sand during the water change you might have released some hydrogen sulfide that resides in the anoxic layer of your sandbed. Otherwise, +1 to ^^