White Algae In My Water Tank

[Kepster]

My PH has been dropping little by little each week and I noticed this algae like substance floating around my res.

Anyone come across this before?

 

[Kepster]

Bump*

 

[Kepster]

Bueller.... bueller.....

 

[MIMedGrower]

Is it calcium that came out of solution. I have seen this in buckets of well water left bubbling with an air pump for a few days.

Calcium was my guess.

 

[PharmHand]

View attachment 835879 View attachment 835880 My PH has been dropping little by little each week and I noticed this algae like substance floating around my res.

Anyone come across this before?

Yes. Filamentous? White algae. Pure water? Thoroughly clean, disinfect, then keep
res dark, aerated/moving under 70f. Uv light and a filter can help too. I get it in my condensate water

 

[Kepster]

Is it calcium that came out of solution. I have seen this in buckets of well water left bubbling with an air pump for a few days.

Calcium was my guess.

What do you mean by calcium coming out of solution?

 

[Kepster]

Yes. Filamentous? White algae. Pure water? Thoroughly clean, disinfect, then keep
res dark, aerated/moving under 70f. Uv light and a filter can help too. I get it in my condensate water

It was slimy/rubbery in texture couldn't relate to filamentous though as I have never even heard of the word prior to today lol. I am using RO water that was being kept in the same room I was growing in. I had a good habit of cleaning the res at least once a month but let it go for a bit so I'm sure that didn't help. Its now outside of the grow room, scrubbed and disinfected. PH is back to normal and no sign of it since. I would still like to know what is was though because when I perform a search for Filamentous algae I can't find any images or descriptions that match what it was that I found so I'm still curious as to what caused it and where it came from.

 

[MIMedGrower]

What do you mean by calcium coming out of solution?

Like calcium and iron in well water that stains the shower or clogs the faucet screen.

But after I read @PharmHand ‘s comment and did a search it looked like the white cloud in the images at the top of this page.

 

[Kepster]

Like calcium and iron in well water that stains the shower or clogs the faucet screen.

But after I read @PharmHand ‘s comment and did a search it looked like the white cloud in the images at the top of this page.

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Never saw this reply but no it didn’t look cloudy at all, when I tried to grab it it had a gelatinous/slimy texture to it.

Still curious as what it could have been if anyone’s come across it before

 

[MIMedGrower]

Never saw this reply but no it didn’t look cloudy at all, when I tried to grab it it had a gelatinous/slimy texture to it.

Still curious as what it could have been if anyone’s come across it before

Sorry not sure then.