I finally was able to set up my new tank. It is a 48" x 12" x 12" (33G) tank. I plan to set up another one soon. The tank, set up on Sunday, currently houses a few calvus and a buffalo head that I have had in a smaller tank for some time. I added some black sand, some whale eye shells, and a large shark jaw for decoration.
As with any "new" tank I set up, I just use biofiltration from another healthy tank (in this case it was the very same filtration that these same fish were using when I switched them from the 15G into this 33G tank).
Monday morning I went down and walked into the room and could smell that awful fishy smell. No dead fish (and even if there were, it shouldn't smell. I've had plenty of much larger fish die in other tanks and there was no smell in the room from them).
So what's causing this smell and will it go away?
Not sure how the water quality could be bad since it was all new water and biofiltration from another healthy tank. i did one 50% w/c last night anyway and just did another 50% today.
Some of the calvus do seem to be breathing heavily. What else can/should I do??
Temp is fine, dechlorinator is in the water as is buffer. There's nothing different in this routine that I've done many times other than that this is a used tank from a saltwater tank that was pretty well, though not perfectly, cleaned and that sat completely dry and empty for 6 to 12 months.
As with any "new" tank I set up, I just use biofiltration from another healthy tank (in this case it was the very same filtration that these same fish were using when I switched them from the 15G into this 33G tank).
Monday morning I went down and walked into the room and could smell that awful fishy smell. No dead fish (and even if there were, it shouldn't smell. I've had plenty of much larger fish die in other tanks and there was no smell in the room from them).
So what's causing this smell and will it go away?
Not sure how the water quality could be bad since it was all new water and biofiltration from another healthy tank. i did one 50% w/c last night anyway and just did another 50% today.
Some of the calvus do seem to be breathing heavily. What else can/should I do??
Temp is fine, dechlorinator is in the water as is buffer. There's nothing different in this routine that I've done many times other than that this is a used tank from a saltwater tank that was pretty well, though not perfectly, cleaned and that sat completely dry and empty for 6 to 12 months.
