is it normal for coral and other stuff to be stinky?
I've had my reef tank set up for a little while now. I didn't know alot about it when i first got into salt water and the live rock was not cured. It has been in the tank for well over a month now so die-off has been managed. However, If I pull anything out of my aquarium, it has a stinky odor to it.
The water does not have odor, just the things in the water when they are pulled out. Tonight I reached in and cut a frag from my pulsing xenia to put in my other tank and even though the xenia is looking very healthy at all times, It had a stinky odor to it. Live rock was more understandable but is it normal for a healthy coral to be stinky also?
I don't have a skimmer. It's a 12g cube. Nitrates are less than 20 ppm and 15%-20% water changes are done religiously every weekend.
The live rock looks very clean and purple aside from things such as little live tube corals, and turf algae. Perhaps bi-weekly water changes may be needed if nothing in the tank should have a stinky odor to it. It's alot like the odor of a fresh fish market where fresh caught fish are being gutted. Not enough to stink a room when the coral is pulled out, just enough to notice when handling the coral.