White Fuzz...What is it?!

[AwildcatsZ]

For the last month I have been battling this white fuzz. It started out on the sand bed and is now found on the live rock, power heads, and pumps.

I've been trying to siphon it out with little to no prevail. I reduced my lighting schedule and that didn't seem to work. My water parameters are all in check. My next plan of attack is to do 25% water changes every other day for a week.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and is there a way to fix it? I'm thinking it might be a fungus or bacteria, but that's just a guess...

 

[skim]

Are you Carbon dosing?

 

[AwildcatsZ]

Are you Carbon dosing?

I am not carbon dosing. Should I be carbon dosing?

It is my understanding that carbon is to assist in the removal of nitrates and phosphates. Am I correct in this?

My nitrate and phosphate levels have both been reading 0 when testing.

 

[skim]

No you do not have to Carbon does. I asked because sometimes when some over does it you will get a Bacterial bloom. How Old is the Tank?

 

[AwildcatsZ]

No you do not have to Carbon does. I asked because sometimes when some over does it you will get a Bacterial bloom. How Old is the Tank?

The tank is almost 6 months old

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Is it near a kitchen or do you use plug in air fresheners?

 

[AwildcatsZ]

Is it near a kitchen or do you use plug in air fresheners?

It is near the kitchen, but then again everything in the apartment is near the kitchen. We also have the plug-in air fresheners.

What would these conditions cause?

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Read the three parts of this. The cure works great. I have dealt with this twice from overdosing carbon.

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mystery-white-reef-slime

 

[AwildcatsZ]

Read the three parts of this. The cure works great. I have dealt with this twice from overdosing carbon.

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mystery-white-reef-slime

Three parts of the article? I'm not sure if there was more to the article than just the single page.

Either way, the "cure" would be big water changes until it subsides and then limiting the amount of chemicals we use in the house? I can unplug the air fresheners and limit our chemical cleaners, but I'm not sure if I am missing something. Please let me know if I am.

I really appreciate the advice and help. Once again Reef2Reef is proving to be an amazing resource!

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Three parts of the article? I'm not sure if there was more to the article than just the single page.

Either way, the "cure" would be big water changes until it subsides and then limiting the amount of chemicals we use in the house? I can unplug the air fresheners and limit our chemical cleaners, but I'm not sure if I am missing something. Please let me know if I am.

I really appreciate the advice and help. Once again Reef2Reef is proving to be an amazing resource!

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mystery-white-reef-slime-part-iii

 

[AwildcatsZ]

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mystery-white-reef-slime-part-iii

Thank you so much! This is so relieving knowing there is a cure.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mystery-white-reef-slime-part-iii

nice one.

 

[skim]

Your tank is still very fresh and some of what is in photo could Dyno mixed in, you may have some trace amounts of Silica and most if not all get it, as it is released from the Substrate material. You may want to add a small amount of GFO or Phosguard to help remove the Silicates. Yes you have to be careful with things around the tank. 2 stories come to mind, first one was a guy in Flu season started to have problems with tank, turned out to be he was using a lot of hand sanitizer at that time and it turned out to be the cause of his troubles. The other was guy started to have problems even lost so fish and Corals, in the end he found out his wife was spraying Lysol in the room because of the skimmer smell, and this poor guy was going nuts well stopped the Lysol and things went back to normal.

 

[alyee5]

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/

 

[Breakthecycle2]

Thank you so much! This is so relieving knowing there is a cure.

No problem. I had it about a year ago. It was driving me nuts until someone else posted those articles. In my case it was a NOPX over dose.

 

[MCFish23]

I have been battling the white slime for a while now... I believe my thread was posted above. I tried the Dr Tim's and waste away approach and I saw no improvement. I have been scrubbing my rocks daily and have made sure to not miss a weekly water change and things are looking much better!

 

[Breakthecycle2]

I have been battling the white slime for a while now... I believe my thread was posted above. I tried the Dr Tim's and waste away approach and I saw no improvement. I have been scrubbing my rocks daily and have made sure to not miss a weekly water change and things are looking much better!

How long did you dose the waste away? I've gotten it twice and both time the waste away knocked it out. Can you post pics?

 

[AwildcatsZ]

I have been battling the white slime for a while now... I believe my thread was posted above. I tried the Dr Tim's and waste away approach and I saw no improvement. I have been scrubbing my rocks daily and have made sure to not miss a weekly water change and things are looking much better!

I have ordered both and they should be here by Monday. I will dose as recommended and report the progress.

Along with the dosing I will also begin doing a series of water changes to help battle the slime.

 

[MCFish23]

How long did you dose the waste away? I've gotten it twice and both time the waste away knocked it out. Can you post pics?

 

[MCFish23]