This will keep happening as long as the tank is too clean. I said before a long time ago on this thread that i dealt with a similar bacteria that clogged my entire system until a local reef store told me to add a ton of fish and feed like crazy. i have 11 fish in my 100 gallon and 5 are tangs my water has been crystal clear ever since i increased the bio load. 10- 15 nitrates 0.06- 0.1 phosphates.
Never ending bacterial bloom that returns once UV is removed
This will keep happening as long as the tank is too clean. I said before a long time ago on this thread that i dealt with a similar bacteria that clogged my entire system until a local reef store told me to add a ton of fish and feed like crazy. i have 11 fish in my 100 gallon and 5 are tangs my water has been crystal clear ever since i increased the bio load. 10- 15 nitrates 0.06- 0.1 phosphates.
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Do you think this is precipitation?
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PS - did you ever try the filter floss DIY cleaner - it works great.
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This I do not think is true. My guess is adding a ton of fish and feeding like crazy was a coincidence - your tank just got more mature. But - Your LFS has a good marketing strategy
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I would suggest you restart - what exactly is in the tank (now) - what are you feeding again - what are your parameters (Ca, Alkalinity and MG)
This I do not think is true. My guess is adding a ton of fish and feeding like crazy was a coincidence - your tank just got more mature. But - Your LFS has a good marketing strategy
Nope i can see why you think this though. Ive had friends with he same issue and all solved the same way. You can add phosphate and nitrate with neo products too
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Besides the bacterial load maturing (on its own) - what mechanism would you think would cause this to happen (a clearing by adding lots of fish and feeding like crazy)? I'm only asking because there are plenty of tanks with only a couple fish that do not have this issue? I guess you're thinking its low phosphate and nitrate that cause bacterial blooms?
When I get lazy/busy and feed less and nitrates phosphates get down close to 0 I start seeing slime build up on the overflow and around corners of my tank, my filter socks start clogging quick and this jelly slime slowly builds up. i used to just start feeding like crazy and eventually it would die down as nutrients raised. Now I use bright wells products to get pho’s and nitrates up and within a day or two all slime gone and back to 100% clear water.
The slime I get is EXACTLY what they posted recently on this thread. Now I also know the cause it used to get worse when my aunt comes over and sleeps over. She is known to spray alcohol based things for smell and randy told me this triggers bacteria blooms that these sprays to remove smells can cause a white bloom in tanks.
She won’t stop using these products and I found raising nutrients eliminates it
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The question to me still is - how do you know if you didnt raise nutrients that it wouldn't go away - like with your aunt. She sprays a perfume, 3 microml gets into the tank - there is a bloom - she goes away - no more alcohol - the bloom goes away. I'm not trying to argue with you - I'm only trying to find your rationale behind what you're reporting? Because - this is not common (at all) - most bacterial blooms IME - relate to overfeeding - not underfeeding or?
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