A few months ago I kept getting a bacterial bloom and it seemed like it lasted for two days after I would change socks... zapped my nutrients to 0 every time and ultimately lost a lot of color on my sps. I would wake up the next day to all the inside glass coated with white. Easily removed with the soft side of a flipper. I tossed the socks and started to use a power filter instead and wow what a difference that little thing makes. I no longer have the blooms due to the sock change out BUT... I do get the blooms if I feed any type of coral food or try to dose any aminos or vitamins. I do not carbon dose, never have. System is simple: skimmer, rock in fuge and power filter. Any ideas what type of bacteria I am looking at and what I can do to minimize it to levels that allow me to dose again?
White build up on glass...
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Wonder if a UV unit would help, but it would be nice if you could post some shots of the bacteria with only white lighting.
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Not sure how I missed the response to this, apologizes.
It's not a slimy build up on the glass or rocks it more resembles a dust once the flipper slides over it and it goes into the water column. The past few weeks I could go about 3 days or so without cleaning the glass but here recently I woke up to white glass again and ticked off corals. The only things that I can think of that have been out of routine are two things. 1) I fried up some pork sausage the day before it started to ramp up again. 2) the goby has been kicking up a lot of dust in areas he hasn't dug into before.
I should note too, that once I clean the glass from the build up, the water is very clear as it normally is. It's not cloudy during one of these "blooms"
It's not a slimy build up on the glass or rocks it more resembles a dust once the flipper slides over it and it goes into the water column. The past few weeks I could go about 3 days or so without cleaning the glass but here recently I woke up to white glass again and ticked off corals. The only things that I can think of that have been out of routine are two things. 1) I fried up some pork sausage the day before it started to ramp up again. 2) the goby has been kicking up a lot of dust in areas he hasn't dug into before.
I should note too, that once I clean the glass from the build up, the water is very clear as it normally is. It's not cloudy during one of these "blooms"
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