dizzyg
Red Sea Max 250
Hi Guys
silly thing to do but I thought id give the skimmate a sniff from my work tank, Iv never really gotten a big whiff of it but I thought it didnt smell as strong because of the large open factory. What I found is that the skimmate smelled of plants and it wasnt a bad smell at all, which is COMPLETELY the opposite of my home tank which smells of raw sewerage and makes me heave sometimes!
I clean each about once a week so its not like one is being cleaned more often allowing it to smell less.
Both tanks get fed the same type of food, my home tank I feed less due to less fish though. Both tanks are 250l, Home skimmer is a red sea skimmer that comes with the RSM tank and the work skimmer is a hang on back reef octopus.
What would cause such a difference in smells from the skimmate?
silly thing to do but I thought id give the skimmate a sniff from my work tank, Iv never really gotten a big whiff of it but I thought it didnt smell as strong because of the large open factory. What I found is that the skimmate smelled of plants and it wasnt a bad smell at all, which is COMPLETELY the opposite of my home tank which smells of raw sewerage and makes me heave sometimes!
I clean each about once a week so its not like one is being cleaned more often allowing it to smell less.
Both tanks get fed the same type of food, my home tank I feed less due to less fish though. Both tanks are 250l, Home skimmer is a red sea skimmer that comes with the RSM tank and the work skimmer is a hang on back reef octopus.
What would cause such a difference in smells from the skimmate?