tibby25731
Fish Herder
My new betta is in a new 40 litre tank. I filled it up on Saturday, took some mature filter media and popped that into the filter. I also stole Baby's plant, and added a tree stunp cave type plastic thing. Neptune is in there with a cory, both were bought at the weekend. I also added some water lettuce. No heater yet, it is on its way to me after buying online. But the temp is staying a steady 78-80 cos of the warm weather.
There is a plastic condensation tray, and I bought a light and fitted it to the lid. It gets warm when it is on - only warm, not hot! I kept lifting the lid at first to make sure the condensation tray was not getting hot, and it seems OK - warm, but OK. I noticed an odd smell and presumed it was cos of the tray warming. Today I lifted the lid to check the water parameters and it SMELLS. like the smell I noticed, but worse when the lid is full off! It smells kinda stagnant pond like
I straight away did a 25% water change. Water stats are fine, no ammo or nitrite. Water feels a little slimy to the touch too. I took out the plant and noticed that smelt bad, but I usually keep the plant weight and plastic stuff they wrap around it on the plant, so i have removed this and rinsed the roots of the plant, then replanted it. I also had some pieces of almond leaf in there, and they smelt odd when I took them out, but I think they just took on the smell of the water.
What could it be making this smell? plant was in Baby's tank for at least a month and there was never a smell there. Some of the same batch of water lettuce is in baby's tank, and again no probs there. Could it be the almond leaf?? i have removed it anyway. Can't think what else it could be..... only 'new thing' is the gravel, and I rinsed that well, and it never smelt of anything!
Oh yeah, also there was a little froth at the water level, but this COULD be the bubbles that Neptune had been blowing - would they feel slimy??
HELP! Both fish seem fine but the smell is gross!
There is a plastic condensation tray, and I bought a light and fitted it to the lid. It gets warm when it is on - only warm, not hot! I kept lifting the lid at first to make sure the condensation tray was not getting hot, and it seems OK - warm, but OK. I noticed an odd smell and presumed it was cos of the tray warming. Today I lifted the lid to check the water parameters and it SMELLS. like the smell I noticed, but worse when the lid is full off! It smells kinda stagnant pond like
I straight away did a 25% water change. Water stats are fine, no ammo or nitrite. Water feels a little slimy to the touch too. I took out the plant and noticed that smelt bad, but I usually keep the plant weight and plastic stuff they wrap around it on the plant, so i have removed this and rinsed the roots of the plant, then replanted it. I also had some pieces of almond leaf in there, and they smelt odd when I took them out, but I think they just took on the smell of the water.What could it be making this smell? plant was in Baby's tank for at least a month and there was never a smell there. Some of the same batch of water lettuce is in baby's tank, and again no probs there. Could it be the almond leaf?? i have removed it anyway. Can't think what else it could be..... only 'new thing' is the gravel, and I rinsed that well, and it never smelt of anything!
Oh yeah, also there was a little froth at the water level, but this COULD be the bubbles that Neptune had been blowing - would they feel slimy??
HELP! Both fish seem fine but the smell is gross!
