How to get rid of Funky-Xenia Smell

[esmithiii]

I have been pruning xenia, two distinct varieties that I wish I had never left in my tank. They leave a nasty smell on my hands that nothing but gasoline will erase (the gasoline smells almost as bad as the xenia). Any ideas?

Ernie

 

[Marcosreef]

Sounds crazy, but stainless steel (spoon, sink, whatever) and rub it all over your hands and the smell should go away.

Marco

 

[esmithiii]

You are right- it does sound crazy, but I will try it.

Any others?

Ernie

 

[LFS42]

I wish they would put disclaimers on certain corals.
"warning you will want to kill this eventually :!:
P.S.
It really stinks when you touch it too. 8O "

I use a gojo orange citris cleaner.
I usually find it at Home Depot.

 

[esmithiii]

I use a gojo orange citris cleaner.

I have this under the sink and will try it.

Ernie

 

[Expos Forever]

A match will probbably take care of the gas smell pretty quickly. But then there's the burning flesh smell to get rid of....

Have you tried lemon juice?

 

[Anonymous]

I know tomato juice works on Skunk, but not sure re Xenia...

 

[Anonymous]

sorry, cheeseboy, but i can attest to the FACT that tomato doesn't do sh!t for skunk. (my dog has a "thing" for stink, and we get LOTS of skunks up here. anytime that ***** sees one she's on it like flies on...you know what. gotta take her back down to dog beach and get some pics of the fool dog smearing her whole body in the rotting kelp.)

febreeze. (take it from a mom who knows.)

 

[trigger0214]

Sounds crazy, but stainless steel (spoon, sink, whatever) and rub it all over your hands and the smell should go away.

Isn't the rubbing your hands on stainless steel thing supossed to get rid of that embarrassing garlic and onion odor?? Mmmm fried garlic and xenia....

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
So does the stainless trick work? It will be interesting if it does. I am going to propose the following hypothesis... let me know if some know the exact mechanism if the stainless steel trick worked.

The iron or the chromium in the stainless steel acts as catalyst that denature the chemial that give the Xenia smell.

 

[LA-Lawman]

the stainless trick does work. i keep a small piece near the sink. it gets rid of garlic smell too......

 

[O P Ing]

hi.
Any organometallic chemist among us? Randy, Craig, Kelvin, anyone???

 

[rexxx]

use a pair of gloves

 

[esmithiii]

As for the gloves, I use the latex one when I have them on hand.

Ernie

 

[Vixyswillie]

I wish they would put disclaimers on certain corals.
"warning you will want to kill this eventually :!:

OFF THE CHAIR......... :lol:

 

[Warlock]

Sorry, I am really showing my newbie colors....

Why does everyone (I think) hate xenia?

Grow like weeds? Stink? Kill other stuff?

Just asking.....

 

[LFS42]

It's a weed,
get some and you'll curse it also