Does anyone else smell their skimmer cup?

[Hemmdog]

It smells so bad. My wife doesn’t even let me flush it anymore, I have to walk my skimmer cup to the sewer drain, my neighbors always give me some interesting looks.

 

[Makers Marc]

It smells so bad. My wife doesn’t even let me flush it anymore, I have to walk my skimmer cup to the sewer drain, my neighbors always give me some interesting looks.

Haha. Sucks its saltwater bc I bet its a killer fertilizer

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hahaha!! Yes...

 

[Taxus812]

Hi I’m Terry and I to smell my skimmer cup.

 

[krash7172]

Love the smell of the ocean but not the cup. Hah. I usually wait until I smell the cup over the tank to clean it. This is a bit off topic but I got an algae scrubber and it gets warm. Add some heat and it's a bit funky. Does algae have an odor?

 

[K7BMG]

Well I needed a laugh and this thread did it.

Well I don't go out of my way to smell it that's for sure, but it just happens.

The other part is how many have dropped or spilled the cups contents...…?

I have to raise my hand here on line item 2. dang. LOL, That brings joy to the household for sure LoL.
Had to toss a pair of shoes.... ;Yuck

 

[vetteguy53081]

smell it - yes. Make a point of smelling it- seriously?? - NO
That's nasty stuff in there and its meant to be dumped!

 

[Pau Hana Reefer]

Thank you to everyone here for helping me feel a little more normal. Think I'm going to go "clean" my protein skimmer out now.

 

[Gdesquire]

Every. Single. Time.

 

[WVNed]

I make bread with it. Don't tell the family

 

[krash7172]

When we first started reefing, I told my wife that the cup had to be dumped while I was out of town. That was two years ago and she hasn't done it since. lol. Our deal is she cleans up after the dogs and I empty the cup. Deal!

 

[X-37B]

Yea want to make sure its working. Thats my excuse. I always ask the wife if she would like some skimmer nog! She does not think its funny though.

 

[exnisstech]

The best part is when you have the unsuspecting wife and kids smell it lol. Of course they are not like us, they only smell it one time.

 

[theMeat]

I don’t smell it because I was built backwards. My feet smell and my nose runs

 

[madweazl]

Taking the cap off the cup is enough to gag a maggot, I cant imagine sticking my nose down there.

 

[Fotocha]

I cleaned mine the other day, and my wife accused me of the smell being me! Lol

What’s worse is I usually use a toothbrush to clean it too. Problem is I accidentally used my wife’s brush and not the extra one I bought for the tank “same color” and we made an extra trip to the store that night. Had she only known or had I left it out lol

 

[RalphTech]

When I open the lid to my skimmer cup and look down the neck to check its production, I tend to give it a little snif. I guess I'm trying to see how stinky the stuff is but it's kind of weird when I think about it.

Anyone else do this?

My 15G nano reef has a small HAGAN skimmer. Tough to tweek but it works fine. I see the filth and don't need to smell it but probably will now.

My tank sits on the kitchen counter and its easy for me to dump the 3 oz of residue into the kitchen sink even with dishes. I figure the germs will come out when the dishes are done. Is there anything toxic I should worry about? Been watching family members and they seem fine.

 

[PanchoG]

Sometimes I do it... ouch! it is awful!

 

[um02122]

The skimmate of MCE500 on my RSM C250 smells like poo.
No whiffing, but if you accidentally do, retching is guaranteed.