New Fish Need Help

[Ben9524]

Good morning, we have recently added a Jack Dempsey to our tank and now there has been a weird smell coming from the tank. We have mainly cichlids in the tank and one Bristlenose. We have cleaned the tank and even paid a professional to clean it and the smell seems to leave but after a few days it returns. I just want to make sure this isn’t some sort of sign that the fish are having issues or the tank needs more frequent care. Any suggestion?

Thank you

 

[MTBake]

What kind of 'weird' smell? Can you describe it? Might just be a normal fish tank smell.

 

[MTBake]

Running gac and changing it on a normal basis should help with odors.

 

[Ben9524]

What kind of 'weird' smell? Can you describe it? Might just be a normal fish tank smell.

It's a very dense fish smell, almost as if there is a dead fish in the tank. We have counted all of our fish several times and they're all there. We never had a smell like this before we introduced the Jack Dempsey, which is why we wanted to make sure everything is okay.

 

[fishguy242]

hi running carbon ,should take care of fishy smell