How to keep your saltwater fish tank from stinking?

My parents always complain that the fish tank stinks. How can i make it so it doesn't stink?

 

It stinks??? Are they shoving their noses' into hand full of your sand bed?

 

I have 2 90 gallon salt tanks sitting in my living room. Unless you actually pull a rock out or jump into my tank you wouldnt be able to smell them. So i wouldnt know why your was stinky. Maybe one of your fish jumped out and is rotting:death: behind your tank or somthing. Any missing fish :question:

 

It may be your parents are like my girlfriend and they just get pissed whenever you spend $$$ on your tank and they just want it gone so they claim it smells.

 

It shouldn't stink.

There are reasons why it could -- something dead or dying in the water, your your live rock is curing... But in a normal, established, healthy tank, there shouldn't be a smell.

You could try running carbon to get rid of the smell.

 

+1 on the carbon.

 

Yeah, I agree with everyone above. I have never smelled any thing foul and none of my friends have either. I think if there is a smell then that's a sign of something being wrong. May be something dead or dying. I would do a larger than usual water change and get a canister filter and run carbon for about week.

 

how is your skimmer, those start to stink if they havent been cleaned in a while, also carbon should do the trick. make sure nothing has died, and check your ammonia levels

 

your parents don't like YOUR hobby no way it stinks.. less its dead..

 

try the carbon like mentioned above or do a couple water changes over time

 

Noseplugs.

LOL Mine have never smelled, except when I haven't cleaned the skimmer (speaking of which...).

 

:lol: :lol: wonton

 

check your shoes for ooh:

 

check your water quality... what are your params?

 

It shoud smell like seawater and nothing more.

 

i find that polo by ralph lauren has a good smell to it when added to the aquarium.

 

Which one? Black, green, ...there are so many!