Odor absorbing ideas??

[Briko03]

I finally got power back and my tank running again. However. Everything stinks to say the least. Anything I can do to absorb the odors? I was thinking about one of those baking soda things for the fridge. Would that work?

 

[Turbosnail]

Are you running carbon on your tank?

 

[Briko03]

Not yet. I need to add more water before I can use the sump again but I will be

 

[jarrodsanborn]

carbon will fix it. water changes will help everything as well.

 

[dp28688]

you can get some mesh bags put carbon in use it passively hang in tank. it will absorb

 

[Kman2010]

And if your talking about odors in your home, you can also use/make a carbon scrubber. you take 2 small computer fans and attach them to the front and back of a cylinder filled with carbon, easy and effective.

 

[JayM]

carbon, wet skimming, time and patience.

 

[wrassefan]

and water changes

 

[Briko03]

Ok, I'm in the process of making saltwater which will take care of the water chance, the added water volume will allow me to run my skimmer, carbon etc again because I used a good deal of water for my hospital tank at work and water levels aren't high enough to feed my sump.