Reef Tank Stinks?

[StephenRU]

How to hide the smell of a tank? Any Ideas? Not really smell because of fish death or anything...

 

[Ou8me2]

You can run some carbon and that will help. However, there is a reason for it to stink. Overfeeding, disturbing the sand bed too much or something is dying in the tank. Some say it could be a sign of some kind of algae outbreak or biological filter is not sufficient. Normal salt water doesn't stink or have an odor. The only time I noticed mine having an odor is when cycling my tank with a dead shrimp, so yeah it smelled pretty bad at first and got better as the tank cycled. It wasn't overwhelming, but my filter socks and poly-filter stank pretty bad.

 

[windlasher]

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A fishy smell is there I guess. Do you guys have no smell at all?

No, it really shouldn't stink.

 

[crawlerman]

I get a saltwater marsh smell when I change water or move things around, but it goes away in a few hours. Like ou8me2 said, run some carbon. It will help. Maybe a dead turbo snail. You may want to add some blue legged hermits to your CUC.

 

[Nick30G]

Run carbon. That will get rid of the smell and polish your water. Preferably in a reactor

 

[mcgyvr]

Yes a happy tank should have very little smell if any..

 

[Spiffy]

I get the saltwater marsh smell also during water changes, but it goes away shortly after that. The only other smell I get is when the skimmer cup needs to be emptied. That stuff will make you gag. You might want to check for something dead in your tank.

 

[jd371]

The only time I get a smell is when I open the the stand under the tank and then it's only the saltwater marsh smell. The skimmer smells bad but as long as the cup is covered I don't notice it.