What causes slime???

[LeighannW]

We recently bought a reef dyanamic bio pellet reactor
And now we have a clear gooey slime in everything ...skimmer, pumps, ect. Does anyone have a clue why? And how to avoid it building up again?? It took hours to clean out everything.

 

[hybridazn]

Sounds like a bacterial bloom. How much did you start off with and what is your total water volume of your tank? Also make sure the water coming out of the reactor has at least a filter sock on it or running to your skimmer. Its not necessary but helps with things like this.

 

[LeighannW]

The return from the reactor goes in the same part of the sump as the skimmer. 160 gallon mixed reef.

 

[LeighannW]

Anything else we can do to get rid of the bacteria? thank you!!!

 

[Greenstreet.1]

How is your tumble on your pellets ?

 

[hybridazn]

How many ml of bio pellets did you start with?

 

[macci]

We recently bought a reef dyanamic bio pellet reactor
And now we have a clear gooey slime in everything ...skimmer, pumps, ect. Does anyone have a clue why? And how to avoid it building up again?? It took hours to clean out everything.

what biopallets are you using?