Red cherry shrimp, do they smell?

[Ryan Young]

Really quick question, as the title states, will the tank I have them in start to smell?
I have a 30l cube with a few in and it smells a bit bad, nothing noticeable unless i am looking down into the tank I can begin to smell it.
Thanks

 

[MrHidley]

Normally a bad smells indicates something is dead...

 

[Aqua360]

Really quick question, as the title states, will the tank I have them in start to smell?
I have a 30l cube with a few in and it smells a bit bad, nothing noticeable unless i am looking down into the tank I can begin to smell it.
Thanks

I noticed the exact same thing last night about my 30l cherry cube!

But yeah, I'd have assumed something dead; I checked my levels last night at 0,0,5-10 so it's not ammonia or anything, unless undetectable...

I'll be watching this thread

 

[Zebra Fish]

I've only ever know my tank to smell if somethings dead or my waters really bad

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[Ryan Young]

Hmm, yeah I will check for any dead and do a water change but most likely something has died as I havent yet got a sponge cover for the filter

 

[Lindy]

Do you have wood in the tank? I've noticed tanks with wood can have an earthy smell but shouldn't be nasty.

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[Ryan Young]

No, no wood in the tank.

 

[tim]

Got any algae issues Ryan ? My tanks mostly smell a bit off if I have any blue green algae.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Got any algae issues Ryan ? My tanks mostly smell a bit off if I have any blue green algae.

My thought as well. If it is a sort of earthy, green pond smell it is Cyanobacteria.

cheers Darrel