Salt water mixing container smells like a gym locker room

[Jimdba54]

Does anyone know why my Brute water mixing can smells like a gym locker?
I mix 20 gallons of Tropic Marin Pro at a time, use 5 gallons per week. I leave a mixing pump on in the container.
its located in the garage in Florida so it’s around 90 degrees most of the time. I take out 5 gallons and bring it in the house to cool down before the water change.

Thanks
...JIM...

 

[Peace River]

Do you keep the lid tightly on the container? Is it possible that the water is off-gassing and that is what you are smelling?

 

[BlennyTime]

The brute I use always stinks when I leave the lid on

 

[ichthyogeek]

Dead lizard? I've been hearing a lot about stinky brute cans since I got on the forum....so it could be part of the "aging" process for the can.

 

[Jimdba54]

Thanks for the replies. I do leave the lid on to help with evaporation.

 

[dieselkeeper]

How does you RO water smell? My RO water smelled really bad, I changed out the DI.

 

[dantimdad]

Had the same issue. I soaked the cans in a half gallon of vinegar mixed with a full can of water. I let this sit for about a day.

rinsed and it didn’t happen again.

 

[Jimdba54]

I’ll check my ro for smell, all of the filters are new.

I‘m going to try soaking in vinegar. I’ll post how it turns out.

...JIM...

 

[Jimdba54]

No odor from the ro.

 

[mike550]

The brute I use always stinks when I leave the lid on

Same. @Jimdba54 I use the same salt and the odor makes me nervous so I’m always mixing fresh batches for water changes. If I have any excess I store it in 5G jugs as “backup” for random things (cleaning new corals etc). When I mix a new batch I pour the excess into the Brute.

I’m guessing your water temp also makes the odor stronger. I mix in the basement which is around low 70s.