Saved my tank from crash! I hope!

[daniella3d]

yes I think it's brown jelly the way you describe it. It is a bacterial attack and the protozoares takes over and finish it.

Did you have any rise in temperature lately? I am asking because many bacterias that cause brown jelly are not so active at lower temperature but will explode and grow out of proportion when temperature rise.

I read an article about that and the bacterias becoming virulent at temp of 25C or more:

http://www.marsh-reef.org/marine-ree...a-sps-rtn.html

Could this be the cause of your problems?

Originally Posted by mrhasan

I don't think so. I use very low amount of pellet (about 50ml for my 60gallon+ water) in the reactor and the water runs clean through it. Plus I keep the outlet near the inlet so most of the bacteria going out can get sucked up in the skimmer. Haven't seen any cloudy water but my nitrate is in check (I keep it below 5ppm but not ULNS). The water was sticking real bad when the xenia started melting. Don't know the cause but there was brown jelly like thing (I doubt its algae) on the stem of the xenia. Sometimes, weird things just happen I guess............