help with smell

[bigdog1428]

hey guys,, so i just started my sump,refugium and ik have a fishy smell in my living room where my tank is,,,,i never had this smell unless i had a dead fish. i have no dead fish,,all accounted for, everything was brand new that i put in except the skimmer i bought from a fellow member(thanks nanchill) but even that didnt smell bc it was sitting in my spare room and neva stunk like this. its been 2 days ,,and still cant find it. any suggestions???

 

[batt600]

Mybe it the fuge . Do you run carbon ?.

 

[bigdog1428]

refugium is empty,,only thing in there is live sand,,,everything is new excapt the skimmer

 

[batt600]

new live sand or sand from DT

 

[Imbarrie]

Is your skimmer exhaust being filtered?
My overflow canister has a carbon stack the air goes through before it vents into the room. Without that I notice a bad smell.

 

[bigdog1428]

new live sand or sand from DT

its new live sand

 

[bigdog1428]

Is your skimmer exhaust being filtered?
My overflow canister has a carbon stack the air goes through before it vents into the room. Without that I notice a bad smell.

my skimmer does not have a carbon stack,, but my skimmer is clean and i always had my other skimmer and it neva stunk up the room,,,grr this is killin me,, my house smells like fish,,lol

i feel like im walkin into the lfs

 

[batt600]

It could be the live sand . I have this problem when i put live sand in my sump for my fuge it went away in a few days.

 

[bigdog1428]

i hope so ,,,,it really stinks,,,,i guess i cant have people ova no more

 

[Klewis]

Do you have any snails that are not accounted for??? When ever I lost a snail I would have a nasty smell for a few days.

 

[bigdog1428]

Do you have any snails that are not accounted for??? When ever I lost a snail I would have a nasty smell for a few days.

lol too many to keep track of,,,now im gunna start counting

 

[LaurieC]

Get a box of baking soda or they make refrigerator baking soda things. Open the box and put it in the room--it will absorb the bad odor. Don't get any in your tank though.

 

[bigdog1428]

Get a box of baking soda or they make refrigerator baking soda things. Open the box and put it in the room--it will absorb the bad odor. Don't get any in your tank though.

Ok thanks ,, I'll put one behind my tank , hopefully it helps


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[jdnumis]

try carbon media bag

 

[ryangrieder]

dr tims make a product called "refresh" and it worked really good for me. i won it at the raffle at the swap in the famous gift baskets lol. i gave it a shot, my girlfriend said she does not smell anything anymore. and its skimmer friendly! thats always a plus!

 

[jfahim]

its probably the sand. when i first set up my sump it smelled horrible for a few days

 

[bigdog1428]

Well it's been 5 days ,, and the smell is here , I'm not runnin carbon and I'm goin to try that ,, and get a box of baking soda and put it close to my tank


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[LaurieC]

What happened? Did the smell go away? What helped?

 

[seldin]

For me, I had a smell, when things have die-off. Like when curing live rock and live sand. So I would have you check your ammonia and nitrites which should be 0 !!!

In addition, even if you don't measure ammonia or nitrite in tank, there could still be die-off. If this is the case, in a short period of time, your tank should return to normal, as long as your tank parms are good and there is no coral die-off.

 

[bigdog1428]

Well I'm leaning to it to be my live sand ,, I'm waiting a cpl more days ,, and then immA put baking soda on the side of my tank to absorb the smell untill the smell leaves the new live sand. I just really hope Thats what's it is, all fish, snails and everything else is accounted for in my tank


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