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This one is a first for me. RSR250 running for exactly 6 weeks now. Just cleaned my filter socks Friday with pressure tap water and let dry.
today I noticed very long brown? Algae (maybe bacterial) growing off my filter socks. It’s the only place it’s grown. The tank is clean. What’s odd is the sump is in complete darkness.
I have experience dealing with dinos and cyano but this one has be stumped. It breaks off easily with a turkey baster but stays whole. Does not disintegrate.
only thing I can think of is silicates from the tap water made it’s way in during cleaning?
only because there’s absolutely no light source.
tank Params using Salifert:
Nitrate: 5ppm
Alk: 8.6
Ca: 420
Mg: 1350
Phosphate: ? (Waiting on new kit)
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 78f
I do have a bit of a bacteria bloom going on right now. Waiting for that to subside but don’t believe it’s related.
any thoughts?
today I noticed very long brown? Algae (maybe bacterial) growing off my filter socks. It’s the only place it’s grown. The tank is clean. What’s odd is the sump is in complete darkness.
I have experience dealing with dinos and cyano but this one has be stumped. It breaks off easily with a turkey baster but stays whole. Does not disintegrate.
only thing I can think of is silicates from the tap water made it’s way in during cleaning?
only because there’s absolutely no light source.
tank Params using Salifert:
Nitrate: 5ppm
Alk: 8.6
Ca: 420
Mg: 1350
Phosphate: ? (Waiting on new kit)
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 78f
I do have a bit of a bacteria bloom going on right now. Waiting for that to subside but don’t believe it’s related.
any thoughts?