This is a weird topic that I just realized I never asked anyone else before. I've had aquariums on and off since high school, which was... too long ago now. At one point in college I realized I could from smell have a pretty good read on if a tank was doing well or not. That included the random freshwater tanks I had, to more importantly the LFS I'd visit. Almost immediately when walking through a LFS that was questionable I could get whiffs of what I consider unhealthy tank smell (somewhat stringent, maybe remnants of ammonia, but generally just a specific smell).
When I brought this up to my then partner, now wife, she thought I was crazy. I've always gone back and forth on if I was crazy or not. However, having recently catapulted from 0 tanks to 3, I'm now pretty confident I can smell when something is off. I'm not going to be doing nasal Ca tests, but I am pretty sure I can tell if a nutrient cycle is off.
Do others feel this way too? Am I crazy? Again I've just now realized I've never brought this up before, beyond I think to my wife and maybe back in the day to another aquarist (I think he thought I was weird too), so I'm really curious others reaction.
When I brought this up to my then partner, now wife, she thought I was crazy. I've always gone back and forth on if I was crazy or not. However, having recently catapulted from 0 tanks to 3, I'm now pretty confident I can smell when something is off. I'm not going to be doing nasal Ca tests, but I am pretty sure I can tell if a nutrient cycle is off.
Do others feel this way too? Am I crazy? Again I've just now realized I've never brought this up before, beyond I think to my wife and maybe back in the day to another aquarist (I think he thought I was weird too), so I'm really curious others reaction.