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Re: tank odors
In my experience, healthy tanks have an odor which is noticable, but not objectionable, at
least to most people. I recently battled a cyanobacterial outbreak in one of my tanks. The
musty odor was very different from a normal tank, and although it did not bother me
particularly, my wife, who suffers from lots of respiratory allergies, literally had leave the
house or go to the opposite end (behind several closed doors). Needless to say, marital accord
required that I take the quick and easy way out: erythromycin for five days. Within three days
of treatment, the offending cyanobacteria, and the objectionable odor, disappeared. My wife
and I can both enjoy the front room together even when I am working on the tanks.
Rick Denney
rdenney at ibm_net