can smell amonia after 48 hours - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T16:04:25Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/can-smell-amonia-after-48-hours?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A304368&feed=yes&xn_auth=notag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-11:4778851:Comment:3048732012-03-11T22:18:10.649ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
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<p><a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Tongue.gif"/></a></p> Really, really, bad. TCLynx…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3043682012-03-10T23:17:28.248Zmatthew ferrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/matthewferrell
<p>Really, really, bad.<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/can-smell-amonia-after-48-hours?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304338"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>that wood explain it.</p>
<p>sorry couldn't resist</p>
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<p>Really, really, bad.<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/can-smell-amonia-after-48-hours?xg_source=activity#4778851Comment304338"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>that wood explain it.</p>
<p>sorry couldn't resist</p>
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</blockquote> So I asked the wrong question…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3043672012-03-10T23:17:09.415Zmatthew ferrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/matthewferrell
<p>So I asked the wrong question. Darn.</p>
<p>So I asked the wrong question. Darn.</p> thank goodness I don't have t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3045052012-03-10T18:13:49.204ZRobert C. Woodhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobertCWood
<p>thank goodness I don't have to.</p>
<p>thank goodness I don't have to.</p> Just glad you didn't have to…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3044212012-03-10T18:09:11.365ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Just glad you didn't have to taste anything to figure it out.<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Tongue.gif"/></a></p>
<p>Just glad you didn't have to taste anything to figure it out.<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Tongue.gif"/></a></p> Yes indeedy. It is a good thi…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3042882012-03-10T18:08:09.855ZRobert C. Woodhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobertCWood
<p>Yes indeedy. It is a good thing that I live alone. If anyone had seen me sniffing around the system would have thought I was crazy.</p>
<p>Yes indeedy. It is a good thing that I live alone. If anyone had seen me sniffing around the system would have thought I was crazy.</p> that wood explain it.
sorry c…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3043382012-03-10T18:03:19.761ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>that wood explain it.</p>
<p>sorry couldn't resist</p>
<p>that wood explain it.</p>
<p>sorry couldn't resist</p> I found the source of the sme…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3044202012-03-10T18:00:38.498ZRobert C. Woodhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/RobertCWood
<p>I found the source of the smell. It is from the plywood that I reused from a whelping box I had for my dogs puppies.</p>
<p>I found the source of the smell. It is from the plywood that I reused from a whelping box I had for my dogs puppies.</p> I don't think the smell is co…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3042782012-03-10T17:20:07.638Zmatthew ferrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/matthewferrell
<p>I don't think the smell is coming from two goldfish. Do you have a cat?</p>
<p>I don't think the smell is coming from two goldfish. Do you have a cat?</p> Time to get the test kit.
Bor…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2012-03-10:4778851:Comment:3041932012-03-10T17:01:39.423ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Time to get the test kit.</p>
<p>Borrow some one else's sniffer to check around and see if they can pinpoint the actual source of the smell or distinguish if it is actually something other than ammonia.</p>
<p>If a grow bed is not draining well or there isn't enough aeration (if some spot in the system is going anaerobic) you might get a pond bottom or hydrogen sulfide smell which I would think quite different from an ammonia (old urine) smell but still not good and probably even more…</p>
<p>Time to get the test kit.</p>
<p>Borrow some one else's sniffer to check around and see if they can pinpoint the actual source of the smell or distinguish if it is actually something other than ammonia.</p>
<p>If a grow bed is not draining well or there isn't enough aeration (if some spot in the system is going anaerobic) you might get a pond bottom or hydrogen sulfide smell which I would think quite different from an ammonia (old urine) smell but still not good and probably even more objectionable. But I don't really think you would be likely to get the hydrogen sulfide smell after only 48 hours with water in the system. Other smells that could be possible with water that sits sometimes has to do with algae but again I wouldn't expect that after only 48 hours. Sometimes water spilled in an un noticed place indoors will cause musty or mold smells which you want to clean up well as that can really mess with indoor allergies.</p>
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