Rock snot

[bsn_rn_cen]

My rocks and sand have snot like blobs on them. Any ideas?

 

[ndrwater]

Looks like sponge which would be a good thing.
I like the description though

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Thanks. Everything that can go wrong in a tank has with this one so I'm super paranoid.

 

[Robert Binz]

My rocks and sand have snot like blobs on them. Any ideas?

NOT A SPONGE.

This stuff killed my last tank and I’ve never been able to ID it.

This is actually the first time I’ve seen it in someone else’s tank.

It’s about to explode and turn gold over a few months

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Like gold in color?

 

[Robert Binz]

Like gold in color?

Yes. I don’t know if it actually turned that color or if the white snot just accumulated detritus.

But your first picture looks EXACTLY like how mine started and it took over everything.

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Dang it Robert I liked the sponge answer better. I was going to try some coral in this tank again but maybe I'll hold off a bit.

 

[Robert Binz]

Dang it Robert I liked the sponge answer better. I was going to try some coral in this tank again but maybe I'll hold off a bit.

I could always be wrong! Touch it with something. If it’s more solid maybe it is a sponge. But if it’s slimy and puffy and kinda bacteria-y then you’ve gotta kill it.

I’d try taking out the infected rock and hitting it with some h202 just on the infected areas.

Then, 3 day light out and reevaluate

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

It's not firm feels like snot. Thanks for the input.

 

[Robert Binz]

It's not firm feels like snot. Thanks for the input.

Can I ask more about your system? This is for my personal investigation of why this stuff developed in my tank.

I’m especially interested in hearing about your filtration, feeding, and whether you have fish

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Started the tank a little over 2 years ago. Biocube 32. For filtration really simple brs rox carbon, filter fossil, and the biocube protein skimmer. I had a g4 xr15 for lighting. My ato has kalk 1 tsp per gallon. Stocked with a clown goby and cardinal. I rescued a biocube 29 a couple months after setting this one up and it thrived. Nothing seemed to work right with this one. Nothing really seemed to grow well. Never even developed coraline. I made mistakes with aquascape (my first tank lots of lessons) and it restricted flow. I decided to take half the rock out. A little after removing the rock I had a massive outbreak of hydroids. When my ato malfunctioned and my lps polyp bailed I decided to give the tank a little reset. I used the black carabsea sand and a fellow reefer told me how they can contain heavy metals so I switched to figi pink and removed all the hydroid infested rock and switched it with the previously removed rock. A couple of weeks after this my xr15 stopped working. I contacted ecotech and they suggested changing the fuse. Well this tank is cursed and my clumsy fingers pulled the fuse bracket off with the fuse. I'm not sure how to fix this so I busted out the orphek v4 that I won in a raffle. It is ridiculous hanging over a biocube but it is better than nothing. I have just had the fish and a couple of astrea snails for about 3 months now. Starting to get some coraline and I was just considering adding coral when the snot started. As far as feeding. I feed flake food once a day a very small amount. The clownfish is convinced I am starving him. Maybe once every week to week and a half i sub the flake food for mysis shrimp when I feed my anemone tank. Hope that gives you some insight.

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Another picture as its changing

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

#reefsquad @Robert Binz was right. It is all over now. Anyone in the reef squad have an idea?

 

[TriggerFinger]

@bsn_rn_cen have you ever used any bottled bacteria in this tank?

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

I used som Dr Tim's waste away awhile back.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Before this started or after?

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Before. Are you thinking it is a bacterial bloom?

 

[TriggerFinger]

Kinda...doesn’t look like typical algae with it having the snotty texture and white color.

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

Thanks you for the insight. I did not consider this.

 

[TriggerFinger]

What happens if you siphon it out? Have you scrubbed it off? Can you remove a rock, scrub it and put a little peroxide on it for 3 minutes? @brandon429 have you seen anything like this in your algae threads??