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Author:  rinkeeree420 [ Apr 17th, '13, 03:41 ]
Post subject:  overnight tank smells like pond and there is foam???

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

Author:  DecalsbyJT [ Apr 17th, '13, 06:27 ]
Post subject:  Re: overnight tank smells like pond and there is foam???

search around the bottom for a dead fish.....

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

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

jT

Author:  Journeyman [ Apr 17th, '13, 08:32 ]
Post subject:  Re: overnight tank smells like pond and there is foam???

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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