I really don't know if it is, but the fish seem to be doing fine. Wonder if there is a test kit for that sort of thing. Susan -----Original Message----- From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Matt Staroscik Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 1:03 AM To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Sulfur Smell? on 12/9/2005 12:28 AM Susan Welenofsky said the following: >I am having an unusual situation with my big planted tank. There is a weird >sulfur-like smell coming from the cabinet area. Maybe my eHeim filter is >burning out? I cleaned out the filter today, thinking it was the tank, but >just the usual dirty filter smell. > > Are you sure it isn't the tank? Maybe hydrogen sulfide from an anaerobic process in the substrate? >Also, now available, Really Red Cherry Shrimp - $2 each. > > Do you have any idea how tolerant of nitrates these guys are? I keep singapore shrimp in my planted tank, but my nitrates are somewhere between 20-80 ppm... hard to read the color on this darn kit. Oops, nevermind, found a site that claims 25 ppm max for cherry shrimp. Darn. I better get a better test kit. -- Matt Staroscik | matt@wrongcrowd.com | http://wrongcrowd.com "No, Mr. Bond ... I expect you to die." _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member