White Fuzz...What is it?!

[AwildcatsZ]

I've been preparing to begin the treatment at the start of next week, and I realized I have never dosed peroxide. Must you use a certain type of peroxide? Or could you use the stuff sold at a drug store?

 

[Breakthecycle2]

That appears be different then the "typical" white slime.

 

[Budman93]

Geez, what's will the flurry of threads on white/slime/goo/stringy/fuzz lately?

https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/3173068/

https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/3172835/

https://www.reef2reef.com/posts/3172812/

All the pumpkin spice and apple air fresheners just hit store shelves

 

[reeferfoxx]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/chrysophytes-help-me-cure-it.263759/

 

[AwildcatsZ]

Over the weekend I went to our monthly reef club meeting and spoke with a well known hobbyist about what to do with my white fuzz. Though he did not know the specifics of what it is, he did agree with the treatment of Relief and Waste Away (which I will be starting today). He also suggested to dose yeast (yeah, the stuff that makes bread rise).

The yeast will essentially do the same as the Relief and Waste Away and compete for the same food source. But, instead of bacteria competing with bacteria, it will be a mold competing with bacteria. He mentioned that yeast will also provide a food source for copepods. I've been dosing the yeast since Saturday and I'm not sure if I just have high hopes, but the white fuzz did not seem to grow back as quickly on the glass after being scraped away. I will continue dosing yeast and Relief on alternate days this week.

I will provide progress updates next week.

 

[reeferfoxx]

Over the weekend I went to our monthly reef club meeting and spoke with a well known hobbyist about what to do with my white fuzz. Though he did not know the specifics of what it is, he did agree with the treatment of Relief and Waste Away (which I will be starting today). He also suggested to dose yeast (yeah, the stuff that makes bread rise).

The yeast will essentially do the same as the Relief and Waste Away and compete for the same food source. But, instead of bacteria competing with bacteria, it will be a mold competing with bacteria. He mentioned that yeast will also provide a food source for copepods. I've been dosing the yeast since Saturday and I'm not sure if I just have high hopes, but the white fuzz did not seem to grow back as quickly on the glass after being scraped away. I will continue dosing yeast and Relief on alternate days this week.

I will provide progress updates next week.

All you have here is a diatom issue. I've been through this for months. But i knocked it out in 3 days. Ive tried wc, dr tims, yeast, everything. What got rid of it was doing a maintenance procedure in a specific manor.

 

[reeferfoxx]

3 days? or 1 month(if your method works)?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Over the weekend I went to our monthly reef club meeting and spoke with a well known hobbyist about what to do with my white fuzz. Though he did not know the specifics of what it is, he did agree with the treatment of Relief and Waste Away (which I will be starting today). He also suggested to dose yeast (yeah, the stuff that makes bread rise).

The yeast will essentially do the same as the Relief and Waste Away and compete for the same food source. But, instead of bacteria competing with bacteria, it will be a mold competing with bacteria. He mentioned that yeast will also provide a food source for copepods. I've been dosing the yeast since Saturday and I'm not sure if I just have high hopes, but the white fuzz did not seem to grow back as quickly on the glass after being scraped away. I will continue dosing yeast and Relief on alternate days this week.

I will provide progress updates next week.

I am pretty curious if this will work.
Totally neat experiment.

If I may suggest. Keep getting Get as much as you can of the fuzz out of the tank.

 

[Marc.The.Shark]

I'm going thru the same issue right now, started a week or so ago after my son unloaded his automatic bubble machine in the house when I wasn't home. It's gotten worse, white stringy stuff on rocks, sand, sump. Filter socks clog quickly. I just dosed the second round of Re-Fresh today & maybe just a slight change if any so far. I am not dosing 35% peroxide yet but do have a small oxydator with 6% that I put in the sump 2 days ago. This will dose a small amount over a 2 week period. I know it's a pain, the constant cleaning, but hopefully this treatment works.

I had this issue on my previous tank about 1.5 yrs ago when we got the carpets cleaned & the guy talked my wife into some enzyme treatment. That tank fortunately was closed top & I had a bunch of fuzz, but not the long stringy slimy stuff like now.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I had this issue on my previous tank about 1.5 yrs ago when we got the carpets cleaned & the guy talked my wife into some enzyme treatment. That tank fortunately was closed top & I had a bunch of fuzz, but not the long stringy slimy stuff like now.[/QUOTE]

 

[AwildcatsZ]

I'm going thru the same issue right now, started a week or so ago after my son unloaded his automatic bubble machine in the house when I wasn't home. It's gotten worse, white stringy stuff on rocks, sand, sump. Filter socks clog quickly. I just dosed the second round of Re-Fresh today & maybe just a slight change if any so far. I am not dosing 35% peroxide yet but do have a small oxydator with 6% that I put in the sump 2 days ago. This will dose a small amount over a 2 week period. I know it's a pain, the constant cleaning, but hopefully this treatment works.

I had this issue on my previous tank about 1.5 yrs ago when we got the carpets cleaned & the guy talked my wife into some enzyme treatment. That tank fortunately was closed top & I had a bunch of fuzz, but not the long stringy slimy stuff like now.

Hopefully the treatment works for the both of us. I'm constantly trying to remove as much as I could, and honestly after a few doses of yeast it seems to be "slowing" down. It still comes back, but tonight it didn't seem to come back with as much vengeance. This could be my chance to gain ground in this war.

My first dose of Dr Tims goes in tomorrow morning.

Keep us posted on your results!

Good luck

 

[Marc.The.Shark]

Well, no change yet, just dosed 3rd round a few minutes ago. Stringy stuff is not horrible from me being gone 2 days, but it's definitely not gone & water is still very cloudy. Gonna see if I can rig up something in the sump with UV. My buddy lent me his 18w Odyssea sterilizer. It's pretty darn big tho!

 

[reeferfoxx]

Well, no change yet, just dosed 3rd round a few minutes ago. Stringy stuff is not horrible from me being gone 2 days, but it's definitely not gone & water is still very cloudy. Gonna see if I can rig up something in the sump with UV. My buddy lent me his 18w Odyssea sterilizer. It's pretty darn big tho!

Not familiar with your situation? Do you have the "white fuzz" also?

Edit: just went thru previous posts..

Can you post a picture?

 

[reeferfoxx]

If the white fuzz or stringy stuff grows only in areas where light shines, you might not have what you think you have. If so, the remedy is easy and doesn't result to dosing bottled bacteria.

 

[Marc.The.Shark]

Grows all over, filter socks, everything. It's slimy when taken out. It's not so much fuzz as stings, sucks right out

 

[reeferfoxx]

Grows all over, filter socks, everything. It's slimy when taken out.

Are you carbon dosing?

 

[Marc.The.Shark]

Nope

 

[reeferfoxx]

Nope

I would say your problem is definitely bacterial. Refresh is some scary stuff. I would stick with just waste away. Reduce water changes and let it ride it's course. You could try Seachem stability, MB7 or bio-spira to maybe help combat the bacteria. Although, dosing two types of bottled bacteria isn't recommended. You need to look up posts about bacteria and white slime.

This is a good thread. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1856105&page=4

 

[Marc.The.Shark]

Yeah, I've read that one & plenty more! Lol. I have BioSpira (started the tank with that) & MB7 from my previous tank. Gonna try the UV & see if that does anything. Everything's ok, although coral are a little ticked! Fish ok. Figured I'd give the Re-Fresh one more dose & start rigging up the UV. Here's another pic, kinda bad with my iPhone....

 

[reeferfoxx]

Yeah, I've read that one & plenty more! Lol. I have BioSpira (started the tank with that) & MB7 from my previous tank. Gonna try the UV & see if that does anything. Everything's ok, although coral are a little ******! Fish ok. Figured I'd give the Re-Fresh one more dose & start rigging up the UV. Here's another pic, kinda bad with my iPhone....

Good luck! I had something similar when I was vodka dosing. Didn't bother with dosing good bacteria with it. Resulted in large amounts of slime like that. What cleared it was time. I stopped vodka dosing and let it run it's course. Took maybe a week and it was gone.