Good skim? And how to reduce smell

[Lilbitreefer]

This is a day's worth of skim. Could this be any better and what can I do about the smell. Every time I am anywhere near the skimmer I get subtle whiffs of the skim. It is not constant but enough to be a bother.

 

[GimpyFin]

That looks like some nice and yummy skim. Not sure about the smell, though? Have you checked to see where exactly it may be coming from? I never catch a whif of mine unless I take the lid off or am cleaning the cup out.

 

[jd371]

Is it in a stand with the doors shut? The only time a catch a whif is when I'm dumping it down the drain... it can get nasty. Try a box of baking soda in the stand to absorb the smell.

 

[Lilbitreefer]

I'll try the baking soda idea. Right now the stand is still in progress and I don't have the door on. It is def. the skim cause I open the lid and get a real big diff.

 

[slay]

If baking soda isn't enough, maybe activated carbon would do the trick. I know Eheim makes a relatively thin activated carbon pad (others must too, but I can't think of any), maybe something like that can be rigged inside the lid if there's room. Just a thought.

 

[mandingCa]

Empty it, that'll help.

 

[Joshua00030]

While mandingca's post made me laugh he's right. Thats quite a lot of gunk to be left in there

 

[frankv702]

I purposely let my skimmer fill up a little more than normal the other day so when I changed it, I could give my wife a whiff of it unintentionally as she thought. Needless to say, I'm ordering an Avast Davey Jones Skimmate locker in the next day or two. that should help.

 

[champion6sigma]

Curious how that works out let us know. The avast davey...

 

[Lilbitreefer]

I dropped a couple tablespoons of baking soda in the collection cup itself and then stuffed the lid holes with baking soda infused stuffing / filter floss whatever you call it. Not sure if it's work. I was just looking to maybe trap some of the smell but still allow a vent of some sort.

 

[cincyjim]

If baking soda isn't enough, maybe activated carbon would do the trick. I know Eheim makes a relatively thin activated carbon pad (others must too, but I can't think of any), maybe something like that can be rigged inside the lid if there's room. Just a thought.

I used the pads before. They work really good and they last a long time. I got a good buy on a bulk set of those from Amazon. I believe they were Eheim.

 

[ca1ore]

I used to use the carbon pads that amazon sells as part of kitchen composting containers.

 

[deave]

I use carbon as well.

 

[Lilbitreefer]

Well after adding the baking aoda to the cup no more smell. I am just scared to change it for fear of disrupting the balance...but it needs to be done.


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