Equipment Review and Discussion :: fish smelling tank

[blackforces get you]

anyone ever got that smell where the tank smells like fish

i had it so many times and the smell circulated throught the house. how do you get rid of that smell?

i just stopped buying fish because of it.

[freshprince2146]

This used to happen when i would over feed and food would be left in the water. It may also be that your filtration needs an upgrade.

[blackforces get you]

This used to happen when i would over feed and food would be left in the water. It may also be that your filtration needs an upgrade.

im running a rena xp3 on my tank. the smell gets in the filter too.

[vic021]

theres a watter conditioner called clear water it removes cloudyness and odors only thing is you can not have any carbon filtering while it runs its course heres a pic of the bottles

[blackforces get you]

theres a watter conditioner called clear water it removes cloudyness and odors only thing is you can not have any carbon filtering while it runs its course heres a pic of the bottles

thanks for the picture of what it looks like

if i see it ill get it. and i think my turtles will be happy having fish again lol

[vic021]

no problem i use it about every other week just cause when the fish dies it leaves the smell and it gets eleiminated by that

[papoopeepoo]

I notice the smell only exists in my tank when there is a film on the water surface. Maybe my situation is different, but have you tried directing the filter output to disturb the water surface so the protein film is destroyed?

[blackforces get you]

I notice the smell only exists in my tank when there is a film on the water surface. Maybe my situation is different, but have you tried directing the filter output to disturb the water surface so the protein film is destroyed?

i never got that film though. and the output is usually close to the waters surface. so maybe it does but im really not sure.

[mikee]

Bkf-get you - Water change, larger filter with a lot of carbon. Good Luck

[blackforces get you]

ill know that for next time mike! thanks

(i don't have the problem now. only when i get/have fish)