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tenpolequint:
I dont know how the "not" got there. Will this cleaning help with the smell of the tank?

mark.yellow.series.3:
i have had people tell me a properly running tank will small like mud or earth, not sure if i subscribe to that wholy myself, i assume thats would be the smell of decomposing waste. but your tank is to new to have a smell like that.
what does it smell of?

Manicminer:

--- Quote from: "tenpolequint" ---Will this cleaning help with the smell of the tank?
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Ill fish will make the tank stink.

Keep a lookout for obvious fish that are ill and take them out as soon as possible.

If you had one or two fish die because of moving them then they could have been a major factor in having smelly water.
If this is the case then doing a small partial water change (couple of gallons only) every couple of days for a week will help as will cutting down on feeding them. Remember to adjust the temperature of the 'new' water to match tank conditions before you put it in.  Fish will live for 2 weeks without food if they have to.

How often you should do a partial water change when everything is fine  will depend on how many fish you have in the tank, how much you feed them, the condition of your filters etc.

ps. If you have a tropical tank the water may have 'chilled' when you moved it and caused some stress.

blackbob:
my m8 who i go 4x4ing with has the same tank and he has 3 filters in his
under gravel an external and a internal and has to still part chang the water ever couple of weeks even with the algi eaters but he also has logs in the tank which tend to discolour the water

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