My skimmer is foul!

[nivram]

At night and in the morning my house smells of what I think is skim mate.

Anyone else deal with this issue? I'm thinking about adding one of those odor absorbers under the stand.

 

[treetopflyn]

Mine is foul but I never smell it until I remove the cover over the skim cup and our tank is right next to our dinning table. I clean the cup inside and out every 3 days.

 

[Biggar]

I can small mine when I open cabinet and get close. Maybe try putting few baking soda boxes in there to see if it helps. It should

Also.....Never feed them asparagus ( :

 

[rovster]

Wow, that's just nasty! Not that this helps, but I've had a nano skimmer running for a few months on my holding tank, NOW its starting to produce the stinky stuff. I never knew how nasty that stuff was, LOL! I'd hate to think my house would even remotely smell of that. My wife would kill me!

 

[Daimyo68]

A few companies make Skimate containers with Carbon venting systems to combat the nasty smell.

http://temp.coralvue.com/waste-collector/

http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/product/Davy-Jones-Skimmate-Locker

I'm going to do this myself and also get a "swabby" so I'm not having to empty the cup a couple times a week.

 

[jonnyu]

Your going to have run skim mate cup with carbon. That's the only 100% way of removing the smell.

 

[nivram]

I'm going to try baking soda this weekend. I'll report back.

 

[mpfeiffer1]

Mine gets rank after I add vodka to reenergize my bio-pellets. The bacteria goes up and skimmer goes crazy sucking out all the nutrients. Black skim mate is your best friend. I clean it every other day to keep the odor down.

 

[AquamanE]

I clean my skimmer cup every week, and yes when i remove the top its vile. But otherwise dont smell anything.

 

[ERivera65]

I think its Avast Marine that sells a skimmate container that you connect to your collection cup via its drain. The cool feature is that it has a small container that you add carbon on top so the carbon removes the odor of the skimmate.

 

[rps3]

You could build one, it's not too difficult.

 

[nivram]

Last Thursday I purchased two of the arm and hammer refrigerator deodorizes and haven't had any skim mate smells since. We'll see how long they last. If you have a smaller setup, you may only need one. They come with suction cups and I attached it against my sump.