My tank water has developed a very putrid sour smell. It's nothing like a fishy, ocean, or algae smell. Wife isn't liking it at all. And even though I'm a lot more tolerant, it's getting to me. Tank is in the living room and I sit about four feet from the it. If you take a deep whiff, it's bad enough to make you gag. I read a lot of talk about fishy smells, but nothing on this sickening sour smell.
Tank has some brownish algae that I believe is chrysophytes and just a couple small spots of dinos, but overall the tank doesn't look bad. Most of the rock is pretty clear. I hooked up a carbon reactor today, ordered some carbon pads to sit on top of the skimmer lid, and some odor absorbers for in the stand, but something is really wrong with the water. Curious if anyone's ever dealt with "putrid sour" odors and what the heck is causing it. First time in over 10 years with a tank that's had this problem.
Fish and coral seem normal. Mostly hammers and frogspawn, few zoas, couple of very small stylos.
Tank has some brownish algae that I believe is chrysophytes and just a couple small spots of dinos, but overall the tank doesn't look bad. Most of the rock is pretty clear. I hooked up a carbon reactor today, ordered some carbon pads to sit on top of the skimmer lid, and some odor absorbers for in the stand, but something is really wrong with the water. Curious if anyone's ever dealt with "putrid sour" odors and what the heck is causing it. First time in over 10 years with a tank that's had this problem.
Fish and coral seem normal. Mostly hammers and frogspawn, few zoas, couple of very small stylos.