Afshin
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I've set up many fresh and fowlr in the past and now I just set up a reef tank about two months ago. It is a pro clear 140 . System consists of 80 lb live rock from my previous stablished fowl system, New live sand, Skimmer, two red sea reefwave 45, uv sterilizer, 4 prime hd, activated carbon and gfo reactors, refugium with chaeto. Live stock consists of 20 hermits, about 30 snails, 1 fighting conch, 1 serpent starfish, 1 yellow tang, pair of clown and two blue green chromis and about 10 frags mostly euphyllia. The tank basically cycled instantly. No detectable anything from day one. Filter socks were being changed regularly as well. Clean up crew were added two weeks after initial set up and fish and corals were added slowly right after
still No sign of amonia nitrite or nitrate. My phosphate is a little high but no sign of algea since set up.
The only issue I had been having is white slimy stringly algea looking stuff which I have never experienced before. I've done alot of research but could not find any straight answer to this. First I thought it would the wife spraying cleaners on everything due to covid specifically the groceries when she brought them home. So I told her to stop doing that and now I clean the groceries in the garage. I also changed the rodi filters. My water goes through a water sofner and then through a dechlorinator and then through my rodi unit. That didn't help. Yesterday morning I turned the skimmer and uv off, removed the filter socks and fed heavy . This morning I woke up to all the slime gone. No sign of it at all. Is it possible that I was running an ultra clean system and now the beneficial bacteria are populating more rapidly due to increase of nutrients, competing with what ever those white stuff are? Or is it just a coincidence.
This morning amonia was slightly above zero for the first time that i noticed. no nitrite or nitrate. Anybody ever had a problem with this white stuff?
still No sign of amonia nitrite or nitrate. My phosphate is a little high but no sign of algea since set up.
The only issue I had been having is white slimy stringly algea looking stuff which I have never experienced before. I've done alot of research but could not find any straight answer to this. First I thought it would the wife spraying cleaners on everything due to covid specifically the groceries when she brought them home. So I told her to stop doing that and now I clean the groceries in the garage. I also changed the rodi filters. My water goes through a water sofner and then through a dechlorinator and then through my rodi unit. That didn't help. Yesterday morning I turned the skimmer and uv off, removed the filter socks and fed heavy . This morning I woke up to all the slime gone. No sign of it at all. Is it possible that I was running an ultra clean system and now the beneficial bacteria are populating more rapidly due to increase of nutrients, competing with what ever those white stuff are? Or is it just a coincidence.
This morning amonia was slightly above zero for the first time that i noticed. no nitrite or nitrate. Anybody ever had a problem with this white stuff?
