Looking to ID Algae in Sump

DKoKoMan · #1 01-09-2018, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by tang daddy

Is there bubbles in that snot? If so it could be Dino’s, the sudden rise in Po4 mixed with the possibility of higher no3 could cause the Dino’s to spread and grow even if there was none before. When I left my old tank for months without wc I noticed this...

No bubbles and definitely not Dino’s. Just nasty snotty crap that I will have to deal with until the next setup and no more NoPO-X.

CHEAPREEF · #2 01-10-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

No bubbles and definitely not Dino’s. Just nasty snotty crap that I will have to deal with until the next setup and no more NoPO-X.

I'm getting this same buildup in my retun pump and piping nowhere else in the tank/sump, At least it looks to be the same to me. Funny thing is I have nver carbon dosed in this tank.

DKoKoMan · #3 01-10-2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CHEAPREEF

I'm getting this same buildup in my retun pump and piping nowhere else in the tank/sump, At least it looks to be the same to me. Funny thing is I have nver carbon dosed in this tank.

That does look similar... I without a doubt didn’t have any of it until I started dosing Carbon. That’s weird that you have something similar with no carbon dosing.

Myka · #4 01-11-2018, 01:22 PM

Some tanks have a high bacteria load. I haven't figured out why. A couple of my clients' tanks are like that. They've never had bacteria dosed, and never had carbon dosed, yet the filter pads feel slimy when you touch them, and so do the sump walls.

DKoKoMan · #5 01-11-2018, 11:25 PM

That’s interesting! I wonder why that is... such a pain in the but to clean out of filters. I’m thinking my new sump won’t have any filters. Maybe just a filter sock as they are easier to manage.

CHEAPREEF · #6 01-11-2018, 11:34 PM

I'm currently not running any filters or filter socks unless I scrub the stuff down then I put then in for the night to catch it all and take them out the next day. I'm running no WC's with ATI Essentials, everything tests out perfectly. All the corals the display looks great, colors and growth better than they ever have. Just this darn slime build up that needs to be cleaned out every 2-3 weeks.

DKoKoMan · #7 01-13-2018, 06:00 PM

Ugh... I feel ya. This stuff is the worst to clean as it doesn’t siphon out well and sticks to absolutely everything.