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Just for a frame of reference, my tank is about 2 months old. In the last 2 weeks I've been fighting an algae outbreak, first cyano, then hair algae, now some bright green algae. Also, a fish died about 5 days ago.
First smell:
My protein skimmer is reeking of sulfur, rotten eggs. Is this common? I clean it out and the smell goes away, but it's pretty much back in 2-3 days. So cleaning it that often is a little consuming.
Second Smell:
I've been doing a lot of water changes to combat it. The tank started to get a "low tide" smell, I'm assuming that's from the algae, because that's when it started. I've been replacing the carbon once a week but it only seems to help a little. Anything else I can do? Is it from the algae?
Thanks!
First smell:
My protein skimmer is reeking of sulfur, rotten eggs. Is this common? I clean it out and the smell goes away, but it's pretty much back in 2-3 days. So cleaning it that often is a little consuming.
Second Smell:
I've been doing a lot of water changes to combat it. The tank started to get a "low tide" smell, I'm assuming that's from the algae, because that's when it started. I've been replacing the carbon once a week but it only seems to help a little. Anything else I can do? Is it from the algae?
Thanks!