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WTF is this shit?

Back story:

Bought some jacks fertilizer that I have been very happy with, but still had some AN nutes left, and some botanicare shit, admn some other shit I no longer care to use, but didnt want to waste.

Transferred some plants in to the other half of my room, which is a mirror image of the side that is 3 weeks in (capulator 6.0 in grow diaries)

Added superthrive, AN A and B, cal mag. thats it. I cant rememer but I may have thrown in some budswell..

The next day, the water looked cloudy, like it had azatrol in it. Checked the EC and pH, and there was nothign out of the ordinary.

Water stays cloudy for 3 days, but thats it. pH fluctuating like normal. Plants eating and drinking.

Today:

This shit.

It looks like its made out of jellyfish. I put in 1 mL per gal. of bleach to see if it would do anything. The pictures are of the pump cord, in the water and out. It is straight creating little bubbles.

Does anyone know what this is? I am hoping to god it aint snot algae, but I have my physan on deck if it is and I am ready for battle. It grew so fast, I think it may be some sci fi movie shit.

 

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did a metorite land in the rez.? lol
I use fish tank alge control safe for plants

 

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thats algae before it turns brown

 

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one two punch?

 

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That doesn't appear to be any algal species I have ever laid my eyes upon. Free-floating (what made the nutes cloudy) are damn near always different species than benthic (attached to surfaces).

I'm landing on a bacterial bloom. Which, by the by, is really what "snot" algae is--cyanobacteria. That's why antibiotics work to clear up a bloom of cyano.

Kill it, whatever it is, kill it. It's only consuming your nutrients.

 

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running the system for 6 hours with 3ml/25 gal physan 20. Will drain after, refill with fresh solution, and see if it clears.

This doesn't look like algae to me. Its white. not even a little brown. Not gonna give it enough time to turn brown anyway.

 

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Are you running any carbs? Not sure if budswell has molasses in it or not.

I get a lite film that looks similar on the cords to my pumps in my rez. But for me I think it's the carboload. One of the reasons I am switching to Raw...it just seems to run cleaner and not be a goopy mess.

What temps are you seeing in your rez?

 

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No carbs. temp is around 72. Added physan. About 10 seconds (literally) after I added it, the slime just started detaching from the cords and dissolving. Epic.

 

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Does the physan do any detriment to the plants at all, even shock or slow their growth for a little? I think I remember reading it turns to nitrogen after a while but that could be a different product. Sounds like in 6 hours you changed your rez though.

 

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Seamaiden is correct, for a second opinion.

 

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cheech said:

Does the physan do any detriment to the plants at all, even shock or slow their growth for a little? I think I remember reading it turns to nitrogen after a while but that could be a different product. Sounds like in 6 hours you changed your rez though.

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cheech the first time I used physan I left it runnin the res with lights on and it fucking fried my roots and almost killed my plants. I had to put them all under a dome to nurse them back. I have a thread on here somewhere called physan f'd my plants up.

Now, I run it with lights off, and I change the res right before lights on. I use 3ml/25 gal based on the thread by richie rich at icmag.

The res looks clear for now. Its been like 4 days. I also added hydrofungicide yesterday just to be sure it stays gone.