What's the best way to get of the "fish smell" of the fish tank room?

[reefsafe]

I have a 280 gallon and in the basement and at times the basement is smells like a fish tank. I have an air exchanger that I will be installing that will hopefully fix it but running the ducts is going to be difficult. What does everyone else do? Thanks.

[IwannaClarion]

Do you have lids on the tank? I've been told that you need proper gas exchange, otherwise you may get the fish smell.

[reefsafe]

I have a canopy and the stand is enclosed on three sides with the back open. there is an 80 gallon sump in stand.

[tufacody]

I run into this problem sometimes too. I find that 90% of the smell is from the skimmer. A bag of carbon over the lid does help a little.

[Runfrumu]

If a turbo snail ever croaks in the tank it will stink up the whole room even on a large tank.

[ludnix]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15733874#post15733874 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Runfrumu
If a turbo snail ever croaks in the tank it will stink up the whole room even on a large tank.

Yes, those guys are horrible. If I see one die I put it in a ziplock while underwater and throw it outside. Just carrying out of in the open air will make a room smell for quite a while. I think your air exchanger is probably going to be the biggest help.

[t kish]

I started to have a smell in the basement were the sump is but it wasnt coming from the sump.

I was dumping the waste from the skimmer down the drain of the laundry tub and not running the water long enough to wash the drain out.

No smell now :D

Tim K

[InsaneClownFish]

Open top, zero smell, priceless...:)

Seriously though, you do have quite a bit of water volume in enclosed spaces. Try letting everything breath a little.

[dcroucher]

Have coffee grounds laying out and smells will be soaked up in the coffee. Try it, it works.

[SaltieG]

I had some horrible smells coming from the room where my 55g is and come to find out it was the carpet. I guess the occasional splash of dirty water from a water change began to stink it up. I had to steam clean the carpet which actually made the smell worse. I then resorted to sprinkling baking soda all over the floor and let it sit a day then vacummed up. No more smell from the carpet.

[CUfishfan]

Those fridge packs of baking soda seem to work very well (especially in the stand). That and changing filter socks regularly.

Good luck!

[fufu]

Febreeze, or automatic scent plug in.

[reefsafe]

thanks! Will grab some folgers and baking soda. Will update. Thanks!

[jmoney]

try an air filter with carbon over the intake the smell will be gone in moments

[Aqua Keepers]

Sorry but I have to....
CLOSE YOUR MOUTH

[Sisterlimonpot]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15735549#post15735549 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dcroucher
Have coffee grounds laying out and smells will be soaked up in the coffee. Try it, it works. :) how does it taste when you brew the coffee?? I wonder if there's a market for that??;)

[Aqua Keepers]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15740122#post15740122 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sisterlimonpot
:) how does it taste when you brew the coffee?? I wonder if there's a market for that??;)

heck yea there is!!!! Fishpooalocha

[99sf]

I am definitely going to try the baking soda on the carpet--thanks for the idea!

[Tadashi]

I had several Ionic Breezes near my tank. It was good at getting rid of all scents. I tried to avoid using those oily scents around the fish tank. I did not want it to interefere with the skimmer. I also cleaned my skimmer weekly to reduce the smell. The skimmer drain had a carbon container over the air valve to filter any smell coming out of it also.