Skimate not stinky?

[toytech]

I have a tunze 9002 on my 30 gal and my skimate comes out looking like coffee and there is a thick sludge in the neck but same as you theres almost no smell at all.

[Parker]

Mine reeks, it will stink up the whole house.

[Reef Pilot]

I have the opposite problem. Mine is very stinky, and have to clean my skimmer cup and collector (milk jug) at least twice a week. I have a Beckett type, with a lot of air flow, so it smells up my whole sump room.

Was thinking of maybe putting some spent carbon or something in the milk jug to maybe absorb the smell.

[Ross]

My skimate smells worse than the day after going to an all you can eat mexican restaraunt.

[Bblinks]

consider yourself lucky, its probably due to the size of you tank, my bio cube 29 is running a tunze skimmer, skimmate is dark but it does't really smell too bad, not that I purposelly sniffs it. Well only when I am nervous. When it comes to the 210, OMFG does that ever stink up the whole house.

[Gripenfelter]

Maybe you're over skimming?

[Aquaria]

Originally Posted by Gripenfelter

Maybe you're over skimming?

I wouldn't think so

[sphelps]

Healthy fish and good diet I would guess

[marie]

Have you tried using a good cold and sinus medicine? ......you'll be back to smelling bad things in no time

[Reefer Rob]

I think it depends on what you're keeping. The skimmate from my 180 was so bad it stunk up the whole house, but I had some large fish, in a mature system with who knows what else living in there. In my 18" cube with little fish and less other life it has almost no smell at all.