White, stringy slime in new tank

[kwall737]

So within the last week, I’ve had this white, stringy almost cotton like slime pop up on my sand bed and throughout my sump. It’s been clogging my filter socks requiring me to clean them out almost every 12 hours or that chamber of my sump would start overflowing in the next. Also my tank (as of now) is just water and sand ... was hoping to have live rock a few weeks ago, but with a rough winter and all that’s going on now, that’s unfortunately been delayed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Spare time]

I am guessing you are carbon dosing? If so, I am 99% confident that is bacteria caused when you are not skimming enough when carbon dosing.

 

[Payedjay]

Been throw that no way out the more u clean the more it comes I restarted my system but supposedly dr times wash away works and dosing hydrogen proxide 1ml per 10 gallons for 5 days and lower turn off lights if not restart worked fore

 

[kwall737]

I am guessing you are carbon dosing? If so, I am 99% confident that is bacteria caused when you are not skimming enough when carbon dosing.

Unfortunately I’m not dosing anything. All I’ve got in the tank now is water plus live sand ... I’ve got the return pump running so circulating water through the sump, and 2 MP-40s running in the DT to water moving. Hoping to have the live rock in the next week or so. Other question i guess is should i be dosing or doing anything else while i wait on the rock to show? Figured just keeping good flow and having water run through the socks would be enough until i start the cycle.

 

[kwall737]

Been throw that no way out the more u clean the more it comes I restarted my system but supposedly dr times wash away works and dosing hydrogen proxide 1ml per 10 gallons for 5 days and lower turn off lights if not restart worked fore

By restart do you mean dump all the water and start with new?

 

[Spare time]

Unfortunately I’m not dosing anything. All I’ve got in the tank now is water plus live sand ... I’ve got the return pump running so circulating water through the sump, and 2 MP-40s running in the DT to water moving. Hoping to have the live rock in the next week or so. Other question i guess is should i be dosing or doing anything else while i wait on the rock to show? Figured just keeping good flow and having water run through the socks would be enough until i start the cycle.

You could try a UV sterilizer. Sometihng like Dr. Tims Waste Away or Vibrant may compete with it.

 

[Pete Hammersley]

I am guessing you are carbon dosing? If so, I am 99% confident that is bacteria caused when you are not skimming enough when carbon dosing.

I’ve heard a few references to bacterial growths with nopox. I’m using nopox, and had to stop skimming for the last 10 days or so due to a medication. Do you think that would cause this in my tank? A white stringy growth, that when I break up reattaches wherever it lands, even on the chaeto in my sump.

 

[Spare time]

I’ve heard a few references to bacterial growths with nopox. I’m using nopox, and had to stop skimming for the last 10 days or so due to a medication. Do you think that would cause this in my tank? A white stringy growth, that when I break up reattaches wherever it lands, even on the chaeto in my sump.

Yes that would for sure cause it. Never dose nopox without a skimmer. Nopox works by giving a source oof carboon fr bacteria to grow. This causes them to replicate fast, taking our nitrate and phosphate to build themselves which is then removed when they are taken into the skimmer. Without the skimmer, the build up and drain oxygen from the tank and can suffocate your fish. You can also get this sort of slime of bacteria growing all over.

 

[Pete Hammersley]

Yes that would for sure cause it. Never dose nopox without a skimmer. Nopox works by giving a source oof carboon fr bacteria to grow. This causes them to replicate fast, taking our nitrate and phosphate to build themselves which is then removed when they are taken into the skimmer. Without the skimmer, the build up and drain oxygen from the tank and can suffocate your fish. You can also get this sort of slime of bacteria growing all over.

Brilliant, diagnosis complete! I’ve been driving myself mad with research on dinos, but wasn’t sure if it was the right fit for the problem I had. Waste away it is, and I have a uv coming that might help too.
thanks.

 

[Pete Hammersley]

A much improved look to the tank today, clearer and brighter. I’ve set up the uv today too so let’s hope that improves it even more.