Bacteria

whatchamacallit · Nov 10, 2015

My tank has been up for around 2.5 months now. Still having a lot of bacteria growth in glass.

Is having the temperature around 79 fueling the bacteria, I feed 4 pellets in total to two fish every third day.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 10, 2015

The temp is normal.

What does it look like?

whatchamacallit · Nov 10, 2015

Thick, white snot lol

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 10, 2015

That's pretty unusual.

Are you dosing any organics?

whatchamacallit · Nov 10, 2015

None! My salt level was sort of low, but it's back to 1.025. Can't figure out why there's excess bacteria!

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 11, 2015

I can't either.

Have you been trying to remove it manually or with some sort of filter?

whatchamacallit · Nov 11, 2015

Maybe add a few snails?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 12, 2015

I do not know if snails eat bacteria, but it might be worth a try.

Jimbo · Nov 12, 2015

Quite a few threads like this recently. Seems to be becoming more and more common, I wonder why ?
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/white-slime-bacteria.218362/

whatchamacallit · Nov 16, 2015

Randy just found out my alkalinity is at 4. Could that be a factor

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 16, 2015

Not hat I know of.

4 meq/L or 4 dKH?

whatchamacallit · Nov 16, 2015

4 dkh

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 16, 2015

I'd be a bit surprised if that is real, but if it is, it needs to be raised.

But I don't see how it could encourage bacteria, except perhaps by the pH being unusually low.