DreadNeck
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What's up guys?
So...I go into my room this morning and I have a guest. Uninvited and certainly unwanted!
It's this crazy slime. I had it a couple of weeks ago. I pulled everything out of the system and ran bleach and then Physan-20. I pulled a toilet brush through all piping and manifolds..thorough cleaning to say the least!
But...it's back. It starts around the uniseals and then will move up onto the hoses and such but it begins colonization there. It has the consistency of a jelly fish. When you take it out of the water and smash it between your fingers it becomes like pulp or wet toilet paper.
The last go round with this it actually started to colonize on the air stones, I'll include pics of that as well. I talked to a friend about it and he said the stuff on the airstones actually looked like mycelium leading him to believe maybe my air pumps were sucking in a spore and it was colonizing on the stones. I replaced the stones. This time I have nothing on the air stones. Baffled
The last time I had it I saw some in the net pots as well. To say the least I am a little baffled. I thought Physan killed EVERYTHING including your plants if you aren't careful.
The first three pics are of the last go round the rest were taken today.
Open to suggestions.
Wish me luck!~DN
So...I go into my room this morning and I have a guest. Uninvited and certainly unwanted!
It's this crazy slime. I had it a couple of weeks ago. I pulled everything out of the system and ran bleach and then Physan-20. I pulled a toilet brush through all piping and manifolds..thorough cleaning to say the least!
But...it's back. It starts around the uniseals and then will move up onto the hoses and such but it begins colonization there. It has the consistency of a jelly fish. When you take it out of the water and smash it between your fingers it becomes like pulp or wet toilet paper.
The last go round with this it actually started to colonize on the air stones, I'll include pics of that as well. I talked to a friend about it and he said the stuff on the airstones actually looked like mycelium leading him to believe maybe my air pumps were sucking in a spore and it was colonizing on the stones. I replaced the stones. This time I have nothing on the air stones. Baffled
The last time I had it I saw some in the net pots as well. To say the least I am a little baffled. I thought Physan killed EVERYTHING including your plants if you aren't careful.
The first three pics are of the last go round the rest were taken today.
Open to suggestions.
Wish me luck!~DN