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hello everyone, so i came across this issue during the weekend and am kinda stumped on it. To my understanding activated Carbon helps remove certain medicines, supplements, dyes, it helps clear up the water, etc...
On saturday my carbon did the opposite and i woke up to a cloudy tank and noticed in the sump area a film of clear mucous. I automatically knew it was a bacterial bloom of some sort and after doing some reading I came across a few articles that says carbon may cause this so I shut down my reactor and let my tank settle down, came back from work this afternoon to a crystal clear aquarium without the use of carbon.
Now i have used carbon for years running it 24/7 and this is the first time i have come across this issue any ideas of what could of cause this out break?
Parameters:
ALK- 9.0
CAL- 470
MAG- 1400
PHOS-.06
NIT-.50
SALT- 35
On saturday my carbon did the opposite and i woke up to a cloudy tank and noticed in the sump area a film of clear mucous. I automatically knew it was a bacterial bloom of some sort and after doing some reading I came across a few articles that says carbon may cause this so I shut down my reactor and let my tank settle down, came back from work this afternoon to a crystal clear aquarium without the use of carbon.
Now i have used carbon for years running it 24/7 and this is the first time i have come across this issue any ideas of what could of cause this out break?
Parameters:
ALK- 9.0
CAL- 470
MAG- 1400
PHOS-.06
NIT-.50
SALT- 35