Aquarium causing basement to smell?

[Fishfood?]

To the people using carbon to remove the smell from there tanks do a water change! A healthy tank doesn't need carbon and shouldn't smell, there's no reason to use carbon but to remove meds.

+1 Healthy Tanks do NOT smell.. Something in the overall system is not working right.

Don't give up, you'll get it.

 

[archers]

I left a bag of market shrimp in my basement once, that smell was not nice.....

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[rwellbaum]

+1 to the smell of wet rotting massivor never buying it again going to make my own like monster peacock

+1
the smell is your massivor food

 

[MonsterMinis]

yeah i dont feed mass often.. but when i do i get a "meaty, fishy" smell going on in my tanks... stop feeding the mass for a few days and do a good water change during that time and see if it helps... im also against anything that " masks" or hides smells ect... the smell is there for a reason. ide also rule out mold since you say you have humidity issues... that alone would have made me get a dehumidifier asap... basements are notoriouse for mold. if you trouble shoot the aquarium and cant find anything that would be my next investigation.

 

[F1 VET]

+1 NLS



Go S. Vettel #1 rb8

 

[CanadianKeeper]

could just be your significan other being dramatic.... Ive had that problem before... Also Ive had a tank cycleing that smelled.... But thato nly lasted a few days till everything leveld out...

 

[RD.]

I know a number of people that stopped feeding massivore for this very reason, not because they weren't happy with the results they were getting in growth etc - they simply couldn't stand the funky stank from the food.

 

[Open Water Predator]

It's the humidity. My dehumidifier died this Summer and the house started smelling. As soon as the new dehumidifier ran for a couple of hours the smell was gone. Even though Autumn is here, your basement is still likely humid. Basements without aquariums require dehumidifiers to stay dry & free of that musty smell. For basements with aquariums, dehumidifiers are a must. Get one. You'll be glad you did.


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[RD.]

I guess that would depend on the humidity level. My basement never takes on any kind of odor, and I'm pushing a LOT more water than the OP is. Even at humidity levels in the 70% range, no noticeable odors whatsoever. Then again I don't have heavily stocked tanks, I do large frequent water changes, and I don't feed massivore.

 

[Cellitti]

i agree that massivore and carni sticks stink up the water weather the fish eat it all or not. i always remove excess food right away and found that both of them stink to high hell.