Water smell

[koikichi]

Dear all,

Just to check with you all, I noticed that when I dipped my hand into my tank to do some cleaning, I have this fishy smell that stick to my hand after I take it out.

Is this common for all of you ?

[diabolus]

if fishy smell = sea smell...then yes...

theres always the smell of the sea....u know wat i mean?

[ervine]

Fishy or salty? Salty is normal I guess, fishy sounds fishy (erm)...

[pegasus1010]

there shld not be any strong smell.

maybe u wanna check for ammonia level.

[35Cents]

use activated carbon to rid the smell. A good skimmer should be able to skim out those DOC gunk. Increase water change frequency. hope this helps..

[jsoon]

Dear all,

I went to a LFS shop in Clementi and they do not change water at all. They told me no need to. Just top up the seawater.

He said that if we change water, the fish is not used to the new water and may perish.

Is this true ? Can we keep adding more sea water into the tank without any change ???

[weileong]

Salinity will slowly increase. End up the fish will perish

[blueheaven]

ya, only the water evaporates and not the salt

regular water change is necessary

[kokhui]

The tank shop that I bought my tank from also tell me that no need to change water! He said only the water evaporates and not the salt, so just need to top up with tap water! However, I always hear peoplw say must change water, blur already! Please shed some light. Thankx.

[Ekia]

Dear all,

I went to a LFS shop in Clementi and they do not change water at all. They told me no need to. Just top up the seawater.

He said that if we change water, the fish is not used to the new water and may perish.

Is this true ? Can we keep adding more sea water into the tank without any change ???

Is the LFS call Polyart?

You definitely can't top-up with salt water. As mentioned earlier, only the water evaporates and the salt will remain in the tank. If you top-up with seawater, your fish will indeed perish very soon...

[Ekia]

The tank shop that I bought my tank from also tell me that no need to change water! He said only the water evaporates and not the salt, so just need to top up with tap water! However, I always hear peoplw say must change water, blur already! Please shed some light. Thankx.

There are different school of thoughts and there are indeed there are some who don't advocate changing of water. However, I'm pretty sure that at least 90% of us change water. Some change once a week, some once every 2 months depending on individual preference and their systems' needs. There are lots of advantages with regards to changing of water.. I shall name some that I can think of now, and maybe some of u can help me add on

1. Lowering nitrates

2. Diluting pollutants

3. Replenish trace elements

4. Can siphon out detritus at the same time...

Anymore?

[Lin]

Dear all,

I went to a LFS shop in Clementi and they do not change water at all. They told me no need to. Just top up the seawater.

He said that if we change water, the fish is not used to the new water and may perish.

Is this true ? Can we keep adding more sea water into the tank without any change ???

duhz..clementi always give wrong info.. bth...

[Achilles Tang]

Simple logic regarding water change.

If you burp, fart, shit & haven't taken a bath for a few months in an enclosed room with a dead decomposing body next to you, how do you rate the quality of your life?

I am not even going to ask about how much CO2 will build and how soon the oxygen will be depleted.

Unless you get an industrial-grade air ozonizer, air-filteration unit, a ton of air fresheners and have access to a toilet to flush away your waste out of the room etc, I guess you'll be pretty miserable.

I'm sure your livestock will want you to invest in very good equipment and have good husbandry skills to maintain/replenish the water parameters. Either that, or be consistent with the water changes.

[SBS_Transit]

Some 1 must really go down to these shops n burn them down, telling new reefers the wrong information

[Gouldian]

Is the LFS call Polyart?

You definitely can't top-up with salt water. As mentioned earlier, only the water evaporates and the salt will remain in the tank. If you top-up with seawater, your fish will indeed perish very soon...

Aiyoh, look at their display tank and you have the answer liao mah.

If those people after looking at their display and still think that it looks nice then they can follow their advice loh.

[kokhui]

What then is the reccomded frequency for water change and how much?

[kareen]

What then is the reccomded frequency for water change and how much?

If u don't find once a week too often and troublesome, u can do it. Else, buy some testkits to assist in your decision. For me, I do nitrate, calcium and KH testkits weekly and dose additives/change water accordingly. It is recommended to change 5-20% of your tank water each time.

BTW, there are lots of information in SRC, use the search button and do some reading up

[damienkee]

ya.....

there is these type of lfs told me they never change the water. juz plant some algae in the filter, when u think the phophate is high, plug some to feed ur "tang". that its.

but i will still do my water change, juz to play save!