Boy did I make a BIG mistake!!!!!

[MrRoo]

Well my skimmer was pulling out some dark green nasty smelling waste before I left on a business trip on Tuesday so I emptied it before I left. Well my GF got home today and I got a call from her asking what the terrible smell in the house was and as it turned out I forgot to rinse the sink out and the skim was just festering

 

[msteele]

Ewwww!!!! That's gross!
Thanks for the heads up, I'll make sure always to rinse the sink : )

 

[jdckbr]

woops, bet you dont do that again...lol

 

[Tswifty]

haha... I flush mine down the toilet, then follow it up with some toilet cleaner... the smell is gawd awful.

 

[hunter4268]

ouch....

 

[MrRoo]

At least I am not home for another day! The GF went to the store and bought Glade plugins and put them all over the house lol.

 

[kes_reef]

lol now that's too much

 

[paulallen]

I kind of like the smell of skimmate.

 

[Flipper62]

I (now) always flush it down the toilet. I used to dump it down the drain, but one day my wife said there is a scanky smell coming from the sink. I took apart the p-trap & some of the crap was still in the bottom & seam to be growing.....That was the last time I used the sink

 

[redawg]

Well, not ten minutes ago I cleaned my skimmer (in the sink)! Guess I should use the toilet too. But, the smell doesn't seem to bug me like it does most people.

 

[mrbigshot]

ick, toilet only

 

[ReidiLoverLinds]

be careful using room deoderizers around tanks!

 

[smspring]

I wonder if Homer Simpson ever tried drinking a little skimmate?

 

[El Camaron]

DOH...

 

[osprey3883]

Sounds like you need a bigger tank!
Ok, that has nothing to do with this thread, but for some reason thoughts of a bigger tank always make me feel better.

Matt

 

[jdieck]

I jeep a jug of bleach under the sink, pour some after each time I empty the skimmer's waste collector.

 

[afish70]

so i bet you are buying the GF some nice flowers on your way home.

 

[Lotus99]

... apparently some of you are still getting housetrained by your GFs/wives, and some of you have learned to CLEAN UP afterwards! Remember, the job isn't finished until you've cleaned up :lol:

This is doubly important if your significant other already has reservations about the time/money you spend on the tank.

 

[demonsp]

I had placed some thawed food in a small cup of tank water to a side shelf and forgot about it.3 days later my house smelled worse then something i cant mention. Almost as bad as some CSC (crime scene cleanup) jobs ive done.

 

[-=Efrain=-]

Folklore says Glade Plug-ins can mal-function and start a fire.. LOL