Ok folks what is it!!??!!

[jsker]

Here is what I found on orange algae in fresh water aquariums. Link. Look like it happens in fresh water and grows rapidly

 

[120reefkeeper]

Take a sample down to the Shed.

I'd like to but I work 12 hour shifts and have an hour commute each way. [emoji20]

 

[Elementalj]

Your right on target [emoji457] only tap water and vinegar. It's been running for 2 weeks heated . Filter socks yes.

Something in the tap water?? Not impossible!

I didn't think you lived in Michigan! [emoji88]

 

[jsker]

I'd like to but I work 12 hour shifts and have an hour commute each way. [emoji20]

Field trip[emoji6]

 

[120reefkeeper]

Here is what I found on orange algae in fresh water aquariums. Link. Look like it happen in fresh water and grows rapidly

Wow you my friend might be onto something! [emoji848]

 

[120reefkeeper]

Well I know this.. the plan it's to nuke it! Lol

 

[Flippers4pups]

Well I know this.. the plan it's to nuke it! Lol

Bleach that puppy!

 

[Elementalj]

Well I know this.. the plan it's to nuke it! Lol

Do it [emoji48]

 

[enzo]

Not sure if it's worth the $$$ but send it out to be tested to see what it really is.

 

[jsker]

Wow you my friend might be onto something! [emoji848]

Since the is now salt in the system, you are basically running a fresh water system[emoji95]. The vinegar could be fuel for the algae. Was this aquarium a fresh water system before you got it? Could be residual. In one of the articles in the link I posted, it says it will pass

 

[stevo01]

Sound like you cooked the Coralline algea

That's what I was thinking earlier.

 

[wpeterson]

So this was a used tank that was cleaned out, you set it up with the old plumbing and ran it with water/vinegar.

My first guess would be buildup in the used plumbing dissolving/disintegrating into the system. Buildup could be a combination of mineral and biological - sponge/bacteria/cruft.

People find huge amounts of scary stuff in old reef plumbing. I bet your vinegar released whatever was in the pipes.

 

[120reefkeeper]

Not sure if it's worth the $$$ but send it out to be tested to see what it really is.

Actually I think I'm going to save a sample and I will have someone look at it [emoji12][emoji12]

 

[120reefkeeper]

Since the is now salt in the system, you are basically running a fresh water system[emoji95]. The vinegar could be fuel for the algae. Was this aquarium a fresh water system before you got it? Could be residual. In one of the articles in the link I posted, it says it will pass

It was a saltwater system before.

 

[120reefkeeper]

So this was a used tank that was cleaned out, you set it up with the old plumbing and ran it with water/vinegar.

My first guess would be buildup in the used plumbing dissolving/disintegrating into the system. Buildup could be a combination of mineral and biological - sponge/bacteria/cruft.

People find huge amounts of scary stuff in old reef plumbing. I bet your vinegar released whatever was in the pipes.

All new plumbing. [emoji20]

 

[enzo]

This is a job for Randy Holmes Farley our resident chemist.

 

[120reefkeeper]

Just nuked it with some bleach. Instantly from orange to clear.

 

[120reefkeeper]

Left the tank running with about 1/3 cup of bleach running in the system. I will do follow up flushing etc... not taking any chances of it going haywire on me

 

[Brew12]

Just nuked it with some bleach. Instantly from orange to clear.

You did save a sample, right?

 

[Sabellafella]

What in the world!