Smelly tank

[Coralgurl]

Didn't have time to post before I left, but I found only 5 snails (out of 20) - all alive. Made quite a mess of the tank with the sand moving around, so didn't keep at it for long. My radiant wrasse was still sleeping, so stayed away from his area. None of the livestock looked stressed either last night or this morning (the ones that were out). I also didn't see any dead shells from the other snails anywhere....will post mid day results...

[LeanneP]

Hi there,
I had some ammonia problems awhile ago and I also used some ammonia pads to help lower my levels. I also used prime as well but the ammonia pads really seemed to help. Worth a try. Good luck. I know how much it sucks having ammonia.

Leanne

[gregzz4]

When I wrote amquel last night, I meant to write amguard.

http://www.seachem.com/Products/prod...s/AmGuard.html

Prime will be a good start, but it's not recommended to use it continually to remove ammonia. Plus, amguard is more cost effective.

[reefgirl189]

My test for ammonia is always .25
Every day of the week, every week of the month, and every single month the tank has been up (minus the initial cycle where is was a bit higher). It's an API test and I'm pretty sure it's defective.

Do you run filter socks? Because mine give off the same smell, but not so much so that it stinks up the house. Could yours be the culprit? The dirty filter socks may be near a vent and thus the smell is getting blown all around the house?

Also, between us ladies, when a woman is pregnant she tends to have a more sensitive sense of smell. Just sayin'. You might want to do a test for that too.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

My test for ammonia is always .25
Every day of the week, every week of the month, and every single month the tank has been up (minus the initial cycle where is was a bit higher). It's an API test and I'm pretty sure it's defective.

I'd recommend you try a Seachem Ammo test kit. Plus with it you can do a reference test so there's no doubt.

[Coralgurl]

Just left red coral, had Kevin test my water, 3x, each time read 0. We tested 3 times today, results am .25, noon .5, 6 pm, .25-.5. Using API test, new kit bought when I cycled tank. Used Salifert at rc and api test. As for smell, not as strong tonight. We've turned the sand looking for snails all day, no dead ones found.

No filter socks on tank, its def in the dt not sump. I don't know what's smelly, if its a snail, no clue where it is....

And Reefgirl, if I was preggers someone would get sued! Had that dealt with a few years ago, I'm so done with babies, my girls are 19 and 14, plus stepkids, started young.

[gregzz4]

Hmm, that's interesting
If you do decide to buy the Seachem kit, the reference is 1.0
It helped me learn to read the colors more accurately