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PostPosted: Apr 17th, '13, 03:41 

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Our tank overnight smells strongly of pond and there is a foam on top of the water. The tank was great two days ago, we checked PH, nitrates etc..What could be the problem? Thank you


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PostPosted: Apr 17th, '13, 06:27 
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search around the bottom for a dead fish.....

could be a protein slick thats foaming.....

make sure nobody added anything (kids) to the water..

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How'sd the bottom of the FT? I had exactly that happen, (foam out of nowhere and the slightly rank smell) and the bottom of my FT had a layer of black crud on it. I cleaned that out and the only time I've seen anything like it again was after a heavy storm I got a lot of small persistent bubbles. They went away within a few hours.


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