codydemmel4
Active member
Hello!
So I just noticed the last couple times I turned off my return pump to clean the sump that I have a ton of white slimy like bacteria mulm or something like that coming out, only when I stop and start my return pump. I have my sump in my basement so there is a ton of PVC till it gets up to the DT. The white slimy stuff is gone within 1 hour of starting and stopping the return pump, I assume most of it is stuck back in the PVC and my filter socks.
Do you think this because I am overdosing NOPOX (only dosing 10ml a day for my 180 gallon DT) and would using GAC help with his? I am thinking that I want to start using GAC to help my water get more clear but also thinking it may help with this too.
Right now I am just using a calcium reactor, feeding fish, dosing 10ml of NOPOX a day and once a week 1/4 the recommended dose of reef actif. I am dosing reef actif and NOPOX as my nitrates and phosphates have been high for the past 3 months even though I have a Bubble Magus 11 skimmer (rated for 700 gallons). I do not run GFO or GAC. I had cheato and was growing great, but I dosed fluc a couple months back and that slowly killed it off. I am adding cheato back into the system today
I am not that worried as I have never noticed anything bad happen to my corals or fish when it is going through my DT, just looks and feels disgusting and I would rather not have this.
SPS are looking the best lately (knock on wood) since I moved over a year ago, so again not that worried just curious
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop this from happening everytime I turn my return pump off.
So I just noticed the last couple times I turned off my return pump to clean the sump that I have a ton of white slimy like bacteria mulm or something like that coming out, only when I stop and start my return pump. I have my sump in my basement so there is a ton of PVC till it gets up to the DT. The white slimy stuff is gone within 1 hour of starting and stopping the return pump, I assume most of it is stuck back in the PVC and my filter socks.
Do you think this because I am overdosing NOPOX (only dosing 10ml a day for my 180 gallon DT) and would using GAC help with his? I am thinking that I want to start using GAC to help my water get more clear but also thinking it may help with this too.
Right now I am just using a calcium reactor, feeding fish, dosing 10ml of NOPOX a day and once a week 1/4 the recommended dose of reef actif. I am dosing reef actif and NOPOX as my nitrates and phosphates have been high for the past 3 months even though I have a Bubble Magus 11 skimmer (rated for 700 gallons). I do not run GFO or GAC. I had cheato and was growing great, but I dosed fluc a couple months back and that slowly killed it off. I am adding cheato back into the system today
I am not that worried as I have never noticed anything bad happen to my corals or fish when it is going through my DT, just looks and feels disgusting and I would rather not have this.
SPS are looking the best lately (knock on wood) since I moved over a year ago, so again not that worried just curious
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop this from happening everytime I turn my return pump off.
