Is this from using 'Great white'

[TerraPharma]

For the first time I added 'great white' to my resevoir. After one week I went to change the water and was shocked to find this strange light brown sludge all over everything.

This is the only thing I've changed in the last week so I'm hoping that I'm looking at massive colonies of beneficial bacteria.

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks

P.S. The plants seem happy and are growing well so I'm not worried about them too much.

[tinytoon]

Nothing I have ever seen but I would be thinking about the pump(s) and lines being restricted or clogged completely :wtf:

[ZZTops]

Blackstrap Molasses mucked up my Res kinda of like that but not as bad...

Is that your air stone with the 1/2" of brown Jello...?

Think I'd cut back a little on the Great White..."-)

[TerraPharma]

Yeah that's the airstone all covered in muck.

It was a weird consistency, hard to wash off. I gave all the components a good long soak in h2o2 and scrubbed everything.

This week I'm not using any great white and I'll see what happens.

The plants couldn't be happier. Lots of strong white roots starting to show out the bottoms of the net pots.

What ever it is, it doesn't seem to be hurting the plants.

Thanks

[Jord0713]

that is the Great white. Does the same to my tank. Worth the clean up hassle though.

[TerraPharma]

OK thanks for the response.

How do you clean it off? Just spray it down or do you really scrub it away?

[LOC NAR on probation]

Take a clean cotton sock and put 3 or 4 lava rocks in it and place in your rez. Just leave it alone and you won't flush all you bene's when you change water. You need something for the colony to hold onto.

[TerraPharma]

Thanks!

[SilentStick]

OMG, that looks disgusting!

But' I'd like to just back up that last guys post. Having some sorta habitat for the beneficials to live in is a great idea. Lava rocks in a sock or organic material in a bag, is a perfect plan. Pretty sure they will be attracted to your airstone again as well, since it is their main source of oxygen, but airstones are cheap and easy to clean.

:To prime an airstone. Detach Airstone+Tube From PUMP. Place stone in clean glass of water. Like a straw, suck water into the tube(not in your mouth), and blow it back into the cup. Repeat, until bubbles come out where they didn't used to come out.
Usually this is done when an airstone is used for the first time, or has been allowed to dry out.: