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[Justin_NY]

i am wondering if your sump smell stink??
i just clean up all my equipment , specially my skimmer, and my whole room is stink. is this always happening?

 

[jackson6745]

Run a lot of carbon (at least 1lb) to help reduce smell. If the skimmer is not the only source of the stink check the sand bed in your refugium (if you have one). If the refugium sand bed stinks, I suggest you remove it.

 

[Justin_NY]

i dont have any refugium right now, but i am about to get one with dsb. do u think i should just go with BB refugium?
i will add carbon tomorow in the tank, just let see what going on.

 

[jackson6745]

Justin, there are many DSB advocates on this board and many boards...no offense house I am not one of them. I would go BB everything.

Justin what are the specs of your system?

[ October 11, 2004, 03:41 AM: Message edited by: jackson6745 ]

 

[House of Laughter]

Jackson,

None taken! Bad smell is not uaully a good thing - identify it right away. I will get a little fishy smell once in awhile, but usually only after I have left water changes to over a month between them.

You might also want to increase your clean up crew to include sand sifters (snails) and perhaps add flow to get to those hard to reach places where things can sit and rot.

I personally would go with a combination of sand and miracle mud for a refuge, but that's me. There are benefits to both and this hobby is not a cut and rry as accounting (sorry to those accountants out there).

One man's music is another man's noise!!!

House

 

[Justin_NY]

so far my water parameter is fine, except for the nitrate
ph-8.3-8.5
nitrite- 0
amonia - 0
nitrate - 5
calcium- 460
i guess i am just gonna go with refugium BB then. try it first if it doenst work then i will try it with dsb

 

[Rebels23]

Smell may be coming from your skimmer? My skimmate smells like !!@#!@!@$!$!!!