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water smells like sulfur

Postby FishNuts on Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:18 am

my water smells like sulfur and ive been doing water changes twice a wk what makes it smell like that
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Re: water smells like sulfur

Postby FishNuts on Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:26 pm

figured it out it was the substrate that i used smells gone now :lol:
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Re: water smells like sulfur

Postby mondo on Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:23 pm

What kind of substrate did you use? I vacuum the gravel a lot but I know some planted tanks you can't do that.
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Re: water smells like sulfur

Postby FishNuts on Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:18 am

i have pool filter sand as substrate but the smell is gone now....but a new problem has arised my water turns brown after sitting awhile in my tank i think i have it narrowed down tho if i let my tap water sit a while in a 5 gallon bucket it turns brown so i am going to try the distilled water and see what that does
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Re: water smells like sulfur

Postby Salt Creep on Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:14 pm

Did you use pool sand, I bet it is the city water, try some roi or get culligan, city water in Duncan is bad. Do you have enough flow? are you running carbon?
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