What is this and why is it here

[vetteguy53081]

Thank you sir. Man ive been dealing with this stuff for forever.
I now that I have source water in check. I may dilute some of this 12% peroxide and try dosing for a cpl weeks.
Do you know if you can dose peroxide and run phosguard at same time?
I'm trying to rid my system water of any junk my rodi has been dumping in!

Yes you can

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

Don't think think its Dinos. Ive been dealing with same brown hairy algae for awhile now. Nutrients stable, everything stable for months.
Honestly wasn't until I realized that my filters where bad in my rodi and I got on serious clean up duties it is finally starting to subside!
Check your rodi water.
I added bag of phosguard and have been cleaning for couple weeks.

I sent an ICP on my RO/DI and it’s clean

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

Blow this stuff loose with a turkey baster and prepare to siphon it all up. In addition clean filters daily (such as fiber-fill or filter socks) Add 1.5ml of liquid bacteria to tank during the day and 1ml of peroxide per 10 gallons at night and reduce white light (or even turn off) for at least 7-10 days

Do you reccomend any brand of hydroxide? Trying to find just a hydrogen peroxide/water mix.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you reccomend any brand of hydroxide? Trying to find just a hydrogen peroxide/water mix.

3% at the grocery store or walgreens. 95cents at walmart

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

3% at the grocery store or walgreens. 95cents at walmart

Gotcha just got a bunch for that. I have a pretty large fuge with chaeto and mangroves would that work still with the peroxide not sure exactly what it does or how it helps especially at night but I fixed my lights to 2% green and red, 0% white for the next week. Got some MB7 and peroxide coming Tuesday. I’m taking a toothbrush to the inside of almost every square of the egg crate. Gonna take my wave makers and heaters out and get all the algae off those too. Any recommendations would be awesome. I also have coralline growing everywhere but it’s being covered up by algae and such. I know there’s some GHA and I don’t want that making it’s way onto everything either definitely see it poppin up though

 

[Dan_P]

Hey guys I’m back, got some algae/bacteria issues. I think it’s dinos but idrk. Last time I had stuff like this I solved it with dosing nutrients as I was told it was dinos. This time my levels seem pretty okay so I’m not sure why I have them.

Nitrates ~10
phosphate 0.08

Is this an isolated frag tank? Can you just empty it and clean it?

 

[PBnJOnWheat]

Is this an isolated frag tank? Can you just empty it and clean it?

Idk where I’d empty my very expensive frags lol but I thought about removing each side of the egg crate maybe once a week and just tearing it up with some bleach/peroxide/vinegar