Often times when youy clean out an aquarium the mulm that settles into
the gravel or botom substrate is holding lots of decayed material
which when disturbed releases a rotten egg smell (hydrogen sulphide
?) IIRC. If your waters parameters are fine, some use of Activated
Charcoal will clear out the odors.

On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:50:52 -0700, ~ jan JJsPond.us
wrote:

===On 24 Jul 2005 12:42:03 -0700, "danny" wrote:
===
===i have very recently cleaned my fish tank but the water still seems to
===stink rather alot can anyone help me
===
===You get some test kits, test the water, let us know what the numbers are
===and we can help you out with how to treat it.
===
===Or, you can take it to the pond/aquarium store, have them test the water,
===write down the numbers (don't take "your water is fine" for an answer). If
===they can't give you numbers, they don't know what they're doing, go to a
===better store or buy your own test kits. Ammonia, Nitrite, pH, KH for
===starters. ~ jan
===
===
===See my ponds and filter design:
===www.jjspond.us
===
=== ~Keep 'em Wet!~
=== Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
=== To e-mail see website


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