Brown algae in coco...

[Confuten1]

My Rez pump is junked up with brown algae, and i wondering if that can effect plants in a bad way in coco. Ive read the epic battles ppl had with it in a uc system but in coco, can it manifest and harm roots/ plants?

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[Capulator]

I wanna say no way.

empty your res and bleach it out. It should be fine after that. Make sure you triple rinse.

 

[HungryMan420]

yes rinse out that shit immidiatly brown algae could cause unwanted pests and possibly even Viruses! Good luck bro!!

 

[Confuten1]

thnx, cap and hungry, I bleached everything and jus threw the pump away. Plants wise, all i could do was up the hygrozyme 5ml per gal(think thats enough im on day17 and dont have h202 etc.) I read some ppl hitting the plants with bleach 2 but im not going there, i would prolly f-it up. for the most part plants seem happy but could be better 2.

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[dankworth]

You know dude, not to be all "Capulator's bennies are probably the answer" all the time, but this is one of those times. Because bennies are a great line of defense for roots against any pathogens, and frankly Capulator's bennies offer better value for your dollar than anything you can buy in a store. Especially if you turn them into teas.
Carefree Enzymes makes an enzyme tailored to hydroponics now. I haven't heard anything about it. I use their Pond Protector(stage 2) at the rate of 15ml/100 gallons. So my quart for like thirtysomething with shipping will treat like 6000 gallons.

I was going broke paying for all that hygrozyme.

 

[Capulator]

You know dude, not to be all "Capulator's bennies are probably the answer" all the time, but this is one of those times. Because bennies are a great line of defense for roots against any pathogens, and frankly Capulator's bennies offer better value for your dollar than anything you can buy in a store. Especially if you turn them into teas.
Carefree Enzymes makes an enzyme tailored to hydroponics now. I haven't heard anything about it. I use their Pond Protector(stage 2) at the rate of 15ml/100 gallons. So my quart for like thirtysomething with shipping will treat like 6000 gallons.

I was going broke paying for all that hygrozyme.

Hygrozyme is really expensive. You can buy knockoff hydro store brands that do the same thing at some shops.

 

[Peacheater81]

I don't worry about it, just change out the res every week and keep the res temp under 70. I run Roots Ex and multizen. Any algae or kelp extract is gonna cause that in the res. I would just top water those things.