Golden/Yellow Algae/Bacteria ?

duke1215

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I dose carbon (sugar) and just added a gfo reactor. Yesterday the water was cloudy witch I figured was a bacteria bloom. Toady the is a yellow film in some areas. Is this a normal reaction the either the gfo or the algae dying? Pics below.
 
How is your skimmer doing? Any change in what its pulling out? I dose vodka (only about a month now) but haven't had anything similar.
 
Producing big time. I really think it is related to the gfo. Just pulled out the pad and it is that sick urine yellow/orange just like the skim and pics. The out line from the gfo is caked with it but not the intake. I wonder if the new reactor and the gfo caused some weird bloom of bacteria.
 
Hrm, I guess it could. Never used gfo but did you rinse it before adding it to the reactor? Maybe some kind of chemical on it.
 
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