odor on my hands

Ronny#66 · 12/12/2009, 08:23 PM

When working in the tank or handling live rock from in tank the rock has an odor to it also my hands have same odor on them. is this normal smell of a salt tank. Not the odor of rotten fish at a harbor .

Ronny

Sisterlimonpot · 12/12/2009, 08:27 PM

Ronny,
No I would say it's not normal. the rock should smell clean. are you over feeding? have you treated the tank for anything? have you tested ammonia lately? what are you nitrates? Do you run GAC?

Ronny#66 · 12/12/2009, 08:41 PM

Treated for algie last summer not over feeding no ammonia no nitrates ever tank 3 years old.

Ronny

Sisterlimonpot · 12/12/2009, 08:43 PM

What about granulated activated carbon? Do you run that in your tank? If so when was the last time you changed it out?

squidy3 · 12/12/2009, 08:53 PM

I have had coral leave an odor on my hands after fragging, but never had my rock leave an odor.

Ronny#66 · 12/12/2009, 09:36 PM

I'm running carbon in my canister and was changed few weeks ago.

Sisterlimonpot · 12/12/2009, 09:40 PM

Ronny, you always have these unique problems that can't be answered

. Does the rock feel slimy?

Ronny#66 · 12/12/2009, 09:49 PM

Sorry about the unique problems . I just post when theres something pecular. no slime just this odd odor I've always had it in the tank . if i stick my hand in it i have it after it dries too.

No slime on rock.

Ronny

Remn · 12/13/2009, 12:05 AM

Hey Ronny, you might just have a sensitive nose like me. I get the saltwater/ocean smell on my hands after working on my tank and as long as it doesn't smell rotten or slimy, you have nothing to worry about.

Maivortex · 12/13/2009, 02:07 AM

The rock should smell like the ocean. Sometimes a seaweed smell. Put your nose above the tank, this should not have a smell.

Flipper62 · 12/13/2009, 02:26 AM

Ronny....I know its hard to describe a smell, so that makes it hard to tell you what it is.

There is a kinda fishy smell to a saltwater tank.....However If its a rotten small, thats not good.

If you have ever had a dead snail & took it out.....Take a good wiff of it...THATS A rotten smell.

Ronny#66 · 12/17/2009, 10:13 PM

Well I solved the problem!! I took the coral in ? from a previous post on a coral turning white and not looking good at all. The LFS said it was dying and on it's way out. I took rack out and scrubed the coral off from it .I placed the piece of live rock back in went on the road. This was last sunday.I also purchased 10 new hermits while I was at the store with the coral. On my way home last nite I stoped in to the LFS asked them for a paper towel stuck my hand in there big display tank and wiped my hand off ans no smell what so ever. The LFS said they didn't know what was wrong with my set up . Well this morning i checked my tank and no smell. i think it was the dying coral. it smells nothing abnoral now.

Ronny

Lightsluvr · 12/18/2009, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronny#66

Well I solved the problem!!

Well this morning i checked my tank and no smell. i think it was the dying coral. it smells nothing abnoral now.

Ronny

Dead tissue will stink up the tank until beneficial bacteria have a chance to take care of it. If there is something dead in the tank, best to remove it rather than wait. Causes less strain on the tank environment

LL

Ronny#66 · 12/18/2009, 09:32 AM

It wasn't all dead just dying . I knew there was a problem with this coral but first time since I've had tank that I lost a coral. Well another lesson in the hobby.

12/12/2009, 08:23 PM	#1
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	odor on my hands When working in the tank or handling live rock from in tank the rock has an odor to it also my hands have same odor on them. is this normal smell of a salt tank. Not the odor of rotten fish at a harbor . Ronny

12/12/2009, 08:27 PM	#2
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	Ronny, No I would say it's not normal. the rock should smell clean. are you over feeding? have you treated the tank for anything? have you tested ammonia lately? what are you nitrates? Do you run GAC? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

12/12/2009, 08:43 PM	#4
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	What about granulated activated carbon? Do you run that in your tank? If so when was the last time you changed it out? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

12/12/2009, 09:40 PM	#7
Sisterlimonpot R.C. Fraternity President Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Litchfeild Park AZ Posts: 11,490 Blog Entries: 2	Ronny, you always have these unique problems that can't be answered . Does the rock feel slimy? __________________ Jimmy MASVC President Dishes are done man! Current Tank Info: 300 in progress

12/13/2009, 02:26 AM	#11
Flipper62 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Naperville, Il. Business Owner, President & CEO Posts: 3,045	Ronny....I know its hard to describe a smell, so that makes it hard to tell you what it is. There is a kinda fishy smell to a saltwater tank.....However If its a rotten small, thats not good. If you have ever had a dead snail & took it out.....Take a good wiff of it...THATS A rotten smell. __________________ If todays automobile had followed the same development as the computer, A Rolls Royce would cost $100.00. It would get a million miles per gallon, but it would explode once a year killing everyone inside." Current Tanks... 90 gal Reef... My awesome Office BioCube....( 180 was on hold ..no time ) ... The 180 gal has been sold...Yay..yay..yay. Hobby Experience: 19 years Reef...22 years FW

12/12/2009, 08:41 PM	#3
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Treated for algie last summer not over feeding no ammonia no nitrates ever tank 3 years old. Ronny

12/12/2009, 08:53 PM	#5
squidy3 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 54	I have had coral leave an odor on my hands after fragging, but never had my rock leave an odor.

12/12/2009, 09:36 PM	#6
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	I'm running carbon in my canister and was changed few weeks ago.

12/12/2009, 09:49 PM	#8
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Sorry about the unique problems . I just post when theres something pecular. no slime just this odd odor I've always had it in the tank . if i stick my hand in it i have it after it dries too. No slime on rock. Ronny

12/13/2009, 12:05 AM	#9
Remn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 115	Hey Ronny, you might just have a sensitive nose like me. I get the saltwater/ocean smell on my hands after working on my tank and as long as it doesn't smell rotten or slimy, you have nothing to worry about.

12/13/2009, 02:07 AM	#10
Maivortex Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PARADISE, us Posts: 666 Blog Entries: 1	The rock should smell like the ocean. Sometimes a seaweed smell. Put your nose above the tank, this should not have a smell.

12/17/2009, 10:13 PM	#12
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Well I solved the problem!! I took the coral in ? from a previous post on a coral turning white and not looking good at all. The LFS said it was dying and on it's way out. I took rack out and scrubed the coral off from it .I placed the piece of live rock back in went on the road. This was last sunday.I also purchased 10 new hermits while I was at the store with the coral. On my way home last nite I stoped in to the LFS asked them for a paper towel stuck my hand in there big display tank and wiped my hand off ans no smell what so ever. The LFS said they didn't know what was wrong with my set up . Well this morning i checked my tank and no smell. i think it was the dying coral. it smells nothing abnoral now. Ronny

12/18/2009, 09:32 AM	#14
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	It wasn't all dead just dying . I knew there was a problem with this coral but first time since I've had tank that I lost a coral. Well another lesson in the hobby.