Bacteria Bloom Help please

[jordannkids]

Bacteria Bloom are a pain!

Any tips to help this crap along its way. This "slime" crap is driven me mad!!!!!


Help please

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Bacteria Bloom are a *****.

Any tips to help this crap along its way. This "slime" crap is driven me mad!!!!!


Help please

you need to look for a source. A dead thing, hand sanitizers, aerosol air fresheners, etc. Most use UV, Ive heard of success with aggressive carbon as well.

 

[jordannkids]

So if I bought a UV Sterilizer it would help

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

So if I bought a UV Sterilizer it would help

yes. But a bloom that large is caused by something. imo , if you treat and don't find the cause, it may mask the problem but not eliminate it or work at all.

 

[jordannkids]

yes. But a bloom that large is caused by something. imo , if you treat and don't find the cause, it may mask the problem but not eliminate it or work at all.

I think I discovered the issue. I bought a bottle of calcium at petco [emoji35]. But either wasn't that or something else. It smelled like a magic marker. Calcium shouldn't smell.

So I'm thinking if I get a UV it would help ????

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

So I'm thinking if I get a UV it would help ????

yes.

 

[terri_ann]

I personally wouldn't rush into a UV sterilizer. Since you think it's from the Petco CA, have you done a WC? Bacteria blooms will usually disappear within a few days.

 

[jordannkids]

I personally wouldn't rush into a UV sterilizer. Since you think it's from the Petco CA, have you done a WC? Bacteria blooms will usually disappear within a few days.

It's been 6 days so far

 

[Elementalj]

You've got decomp then. New rock? Amy missing inverts?

 

[jordannkids]

Here is a pic and a video

 

[jordannkids]

 

[terri_ann]

I doubt if it's a bacteria bloom then. Again, WC. If still cloudy after 24 hrs, then it's something else. Just don't add anything except SW until the 24hrs has passed.

 

[jordannkids]

I doubt if it's a bacteria bloom then. Again, WC. If still cloudy after 24 hrs, then it's something else. Just don't add anything except SW until the 24hrs has passed.

This has been going on for 6 days. ????

 

[Hans-Werner]

Overdosing calcium may cause calcium carbonate precipitates which may cloud the water. To me the image doesn´t look like a bacterial bloom.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

Just make sure you have plenty of oxygen in your tank. If it is a long bloom it will suck up a lot of oxygen also check your Cal and alk levels.

 

[terri_ann]

It's always a good idea to check water parameters whenever something arises in the tank. I have not seen a bacteria bloom last for more than a few days. Water cloudiness can be caused by a lot of things and a series of steps should be taken to begin ruling things out/identifying the cause. CA precipitation can be a cause as well as other things.