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How to fix a smelly fish Tank2007-11-24 23:34:55

Hey,

I have a fish tank in my office, an Eclipse System 3, I set it up less than a week ago and the water is crystal clear. Perfect. I have a good ecosystem of life.. Male & Female Betta, 2 small bottom feeders, 2 amphebious frogs, 2 live plants and an undetermined number of snails that came in on the live plants.

The problem I have now is that the tank is starting to smell a little. I tried rinsing the filter out, but I am scared that the smell will not go away. I have had this tank less then a week and I am scare it will not go away and it will only get worse.

Anyone have any advice that I can try?

Answers:

small amount of vinegar diluted with water

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They do have a little smell. As a joke I would suggest lemon juice! LOL

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take the fisk out and put them in a smaller bowl, dump out the water, clean WITHOUT soap or with some non-toxic natural made organic soap, fill it back up with clean water and there you go. Have fun, its not an easy task with bigger tanks.

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all tanks smell

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get a water freshener

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You are going to have to clean the tank and use filtered water and put in a new filter.

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I think that I would dump the water. Clean it with saltwater, and rise very throughly. Then I would invest in a filter, you could also try some organic soaps, at the local pet store.

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I have a quarter that says the problem is with the frogs. Try having a community tank without frogs and the problem should solve itself.