Moth Ball Smell from QT - please help

jjencek · 03/27/2020, 11:58 AM

I have had several acropora frags in a my QT for over 3 weeks. Everything was going well until today. I noticed that one of them was RTN. There was some light foam on the surface, but not too much. To my surprise the water smelled funny. The smell reminded me of moth balls.

Have you ever heard of anything like that?

bertoni · 03/27/2020, 06:48 PM

No, but I would try some water changes, and try to remove any surface film that remains. Sometimes, paper towels help with removing surface film. Also, some activated carbon might be useful. Is there any medication in the system? If so, the activated carbon might remove it.

jjencek · 03/27/2020, 11:00 PM

Done that. Thank you.

I am pretty good in going by smell and this was just something I never smelled before.

03/27/2020, 11:58 AM	#1
jjencek Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 366	Moth Ball Smell from QT - please help I have had several acropora frags in a my QT for over 3 weeks. Everything was going well until today. I noticed that one of them was RTN. There was some light foam on the surface, but not too much. To my surprise the water smelled funny. The smell reminded me of moth balls. Have you ever heard of anything like that?

03/27/2020, 06:48 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	No, but I would try some water changes, and try to remove any surface film that remains. Sometimes, paper towels help with removing surface film. Also, some activated carbon might be useful. Is there any medication in the system? If so, the activated carbon might remove it. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

03/27/2020, 11:00 PM	#3
jjencek Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 366	Done that. Thank you. I am pretty good in going by smell and this was just something I never smelled before.