Usually this happens towards the end of the summer season. The only sure-fire way to get rid of it is to get new pads, replace all the usual things and clean it out. The question is, is it worth that much money when there's only a little longer left in the summer. Also leaving the cooler off while you're out of the house (esp. during the day) will dry out the stinky pads and should help.
Otherwise you can probably find like powders or something at Home Depot that will neutralize it a little. In the mean time, I'd recommend some scented candles or the glade plug in air fresheners.
if you can live with the smell
It starts to smell like a dead fish.
It means you smell dead fish. It doesn't mean anything at all! Why would you think it smelt like something! Ha! you're weird!
it might have a dead fish in it
Smell the tank, if it smells like a dead fish, then a hermie is dead :(:(
A quarry is simalar to a swamp/pond. No more then a large puddle with frogs and weird fish. No water flow..
put a dead fish under the seat
Check if it is moving because it is most likely dead. If it is dead it will smell like dead fish Or check its food. It might be making the smell.
Actually it doesn't take very long for a hermit crab to smell when it's dead. They will not smell if they just died. About 10-15 mins they will start to smell. You have to put the hermit crab up to your nose in order to smell the rotten fish smell.
The crocodile swam across the swamp; it saw a fish.
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The smell of the fish should be salty, not sort of a rotten smell.The fishy smell is a dead giveaway that it is no longer fresh.