Looking to ID Algae in Sump - Page 2

Myka · #1 01-07-2018, 01:00 PM

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The other question I had was should I be dosing bacteria like MB7? I watched some YouTube videos and saw that with biopellets people would dose bacteria in to the tank. I am wondering if that is just to start the biopellets off or for a newer system.

That's just to jumpstart it. Not needed.

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DKoKoMan · #2 01-07-2018, 08:31 PM

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That's just to jumpstart it. Not needed.

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Ok awesome thanks! Is there a preference in type or brand of biopellets that you have had success with on client tanks or your own?

Myka · #3 01-08-2018, 02:30 AM

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Ok awesome thanks! Is there a preference in type or brand of biopellets that you have had success with on client tanks or your own?

I use the TLF NPX pellets in client tanks. I'm not sure that I've tried any other brands.

DKoKoMan · #4 01-09-2018, 05:29 AM

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I use the TLF NPX pellets in client tanks. I'm not sure that I've tried any other brands.

Ok thanks Mindy!

Myka · #5 01-09-2018, 01:00 PM

You're welcome.

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tang daddy · #6 01-09-2018, 04:27 PM

Is there bubbles in that snot? If so it could be Dino’s, the sudden rise in Po4 mixed with the possibility of higher no3 could cause the Dino’s to spread and grow even if there was none before. When I left my old tank for months without wc I noticed this...

DKoKoMan · #7 01-09-2018, 06:36 PM

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Is there bubbles in that snot? If so it could be Dino’s, the sudden rise in Po4 mixed with the possibility of higher no3 could cause the Dino’s to spread and grow even if there was none before. When I left my old tank for months without wc I noticed this...

No bubbles and definitely not Dino’s. Just nasty snotty crap that I will have to deal with until the next setup and no more NoPO-X.

CHEAPREEF · #8 01-10-2018, 09:35 PM

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No bubbles and definitely not Dino’s. Just nasty snotty crap that I will have to deal with until the next setup and no more NoPO-X.

I'm getting this same buildup in my retun pump and piping nowhere else in the tank/sump, At least it looks to be the same to me. Funny thing is I have nver carbon dosed in this tank.

DKoKoMan · #9 01-10-2018, 10:05 PM

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I'm getting this same buildup in my retun pump and piping nowhere else in the tank/sump, At least it looks to be the same to me. Funny thing is I have nver carbon dosed in this tank.

That does look similar... I without a doubt didn’t have any of it until I started dosing Carbon. That’s weird that you have something similar with no carbon dosing.

Myka · #10 02-15-2018, 12:39 PM

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Would def watch out running one of these, the LED's wrapped around acrylic have been known to cause stress cracks and eventually fractures. The don't generate a lot of heat but when it's pressed directly onto the surface like that it is focused enough to be a issue.

I was just thinking...are those cases from people using bare LED strips? I use the "waterproof" ones that have a silicone covering so the silicone is what touches the acrylic, not the LED itself.