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Posted by Apotheque on October 26, 2005, 7:47 am
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O good. But I'll try the carbon as suggested in another post and see how
that goes.
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>> Is it okay for the tank to smell like a tropical greenhouse?
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>> I've been keeping african cichlids since about 1997, and everytime I
>> take
> a
>> whiff of the air wafting over the surface of the tank (I have a glass
>> lid over the tank) it smells, well, like a greenhouse; that damp,
>> soily,
> earthy
>> aroma. Fish don't seam to mind and are generally happy... But I
>> always wondered whether if its a problem, and if I could get rid of
>> it, would
> they
>> be that much more happier.
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>> I never seam to notice the same smell in other set-ups... may b/c its
>> open aired.
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> Sounds normal to me - it should smell like moss. Good luck and later!
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> I've been keeping african cichlids since about 1997, and everytime I take
> a
> whiff of the air wafting over the surface of the tank (I have a glass lid
> over the tank) it smells, well, like a greenhouse; that damp, soily,
> earthy
> aroma. Fish don't seam to mind and are generally happy... But I always
> wondered whether if its a problem, and if I could get rid of it, would
> they
> be that much more happier.
>
> I never seam to notice the same smell in other set-ups... may b/c its open
> aired.
>
>
> A