Clear slime after vodka & microbacter7

[rafaelpty20]

After 2 week of dosing, now my tank have a clear slime, my filter media, only last 2 days ,because is cover with this slime, that look like spider web, do anybody have the same experience, is it the vodka? Or the bactor7?

 

[Tripod1404]

I think this is a common issue with carbon dosing


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[TheAquariumBlog]

Hi! In my experience carbon dosing (vodka) can result in blooms of cyanobacteria and other small prokaryotic things that can stick together to form the slime. I would recommend reducing your dosages, and increasing your mechanical filtration (stuff that gets dirty but doesn't go bad) You can always just spray off/rinse your filter socks/pads to not waste them if you have those.

OR... It might be mucus from worms/corals/other critters that just got aggravated recently totally unrelated to the vodka/bacteria. Hope that helps!

 

[rafaelpty20]

Im gonna reduce the vodka to half , what about themicrobacter7 should i do the same?

 

[Potatohead]

Yes reduce both by half and continue dosing. It's bacterial film, it will go away but you are probably overdosing a bit. If it's still there in a week I would reduce by another half.

 

[lester.elkins]

After 2 week of dosing, now my tank have a clear slime, my filter media, only last 2 days ,because is cover with this slime, that look like spider web, do anybody have the same experience, is it the vodka? Or the bactor7?

I had a similar issue when I first started dosing NOPOX. I spoke to the people at Red Sea and they told me it was due to a lack of oxygen in the water and a symptom of overdosing carbon. I reduced my dose and it gradually cleared up. I'm assuming you're running a skimmer which is a must when dosing carbon , it oxygenates the water.

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[mcgyvr]

yes its just an excess of bacteria..
Commonly referred to as "bacterial snot" and is caused by excessive carbon dosing (overdosing).. Simpy reduce the dose some until it clears..