smelliest part of this hobby.

[OnoIgotICH]

skimmate? NA

PULLING OUT A DEAD HAMMER CORAL THAT WAS SLIMING UP.

WHY DID I EVER PULL THAT OUT

[AquaReeferMan]

Dead turbo snails and skimmate top my list.

[Conesus_Kid]

Dead snails. Definitely dead snails.

[ihopss]

Dead snails do smell.

[Paintbug]

before i even open this thread i was thinking dead snails LOL. i pulled a big 3"+ zebra turbo from my tank. it was so bad i put it back in the tank for the clean up crew to handle LOL. the whole basement stunk for about 2 days!! and it was only out of the water for a few seconds.

[Pmolan]

Mysis on your hands.

[rcpilot44]

cleaning out my sulfur denitrifier..Nasty

[AquaReeferMan]

Oh, I got another one. Xenia. You cant get that smell off your hands.

[matttaylor]

Definately xenia, or sps corals.

[reeferaddiction]

i have to agree with reeferman on the xenia i have been fragging mine lately and that stuff is disgusting

[reeferaddiction]

even worse than xenia imo is the little bit of nori left in the veggie clip where the fish cant get to it. leave it in your tank for 2 or 3 days and tell me what you think, smells like a bum with a mouth full of rotting teeth.

[pledosophy]

Tearing out a sand bed.

[balmiesgirl]

I agree on the sand bed!!!!

[UrbanSage]

Curing live rock.

[Absint Reefer]

dead anemone fresh out of the shipping bag

[poppin_fresh]

I made the mistake of adding a couple drops of Garlic Xtreme to food I added to the tank. Now, I like garlic (I use it in everything I cook), but the stench from that was not cool! With 100 gallons of garlic water in the basement my house smelled awful for a couple days.

[LobsterOfJustice]

1. Dead snails
2. Xenia
3. If you sniff the mag float up close it smells stright up like poop. I dont know why.

Matttaylor, I dont know what your talking about. SPS corals smell great! I think its one of those brain-association things. Subconsciously I associate the smell with new frags, which make me happy .

[Hormigaquatica]

A case of previously-live Brine Shrimp, lost by the airlines during shipping, having spent 2 days in Phoenix over the summer. Open that sucker up and see if it doesnt knock you over.

Close second- leaving a cup of thawing mysis in the canopy, under a halide. And forgetting about it til you get home from work late the next night. Special.

[Freed]

Well, obviously none of you have ever smelled a few days dead sea hare. Try it, you'll like it.

[LobsterOfJustice]

Originally posted by Hormigaquatica
Close second- leaving a cup of thawing mysis in the canopy, under a halide. And forgetting about it til you get home from work late the next night. Special.

Actually, I think I've smelled this one before. It smells surprisingly like old urine, am I correct?

[mxett]

The price of some of the pretty simple equipment in this hobby. That really stinks!!

[Hormigaquatica]

Originally posted by LobsterOfJustice
Actually, I think I've smelled this one before. It smells surprisingly like old urine, am I correct?

Does indeed. My poor beagle has gotten yelled at a couple of times for going in the house- only to find it was the stupid shrimp.. lol.. sorry Harvey...

[TitansFan]

Xenia or this black goodness gets my vote

[somethinfishier]

Originally posted by LobsterOfJustice
1. Dead snails
2. Xenia
3. If you sniff the mag float up close it smells stright up like poop. I dont know why.

I am going to have to agree with you for 1 & 2, but I think that you should quit sniffing your mag float. You almost got me to sniff mine. I wonder how many people have sniffed their mag floats now?

[corals b 4 bills]

I have to go with 3" zebra snail, melting clam, and not a horrible smell but one you can't wash off....kenya tree funk!