Does anyone know what this shit is? I cant figure it out.

Yeah, organics also cause greater ph swings, from what I have read at least. Could be the cause of the wrinkled leaves.

gumball said:

Yeah, organics also cause greater ph swings, from what I have read at least. Could be the cause of the wrinkled leaves.

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you would think the al naturale way would be better than chemicals. guess nature know something i dont. and its seems like this shit is some sort of aerobe which thrives in a high oxygen inviorment and doesn't need light but loves anything organic. i think i'm just gonna try and sterilize and see what happens with out the organics. i guess time will tell

Serapis said:

Looks like brown algae to me. What are you using for a reservoir? Is it absolutely light tight like a cooler?

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Wow post #2 had it right all along and never even got an acknowledgement....

Serapis said:

Wow post #2 had it right all along and never even got an acknowledgement....

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hey now I wrote back to that. but i've been testing the light since u said it and none seems to get through. and i've been reading about aerobes that dont even need light to produce just a heavily oxygenated enviorment and organic material for food. the exact enviorment a res duplicates. and i dont have the means at the moment to try any official product that is said to stifle the unwanted organisms.

edit it seems the best thing for this kind of organism is that tea you can make. go figure it would take more oganisms to get rid of this shit

Yeah, that's funny. The tea is a little costly to buy everything, maybe $20, and the time to make it, bout 12-24 hours some say, but it is a good organic source

Just an update I experimented with distilled vinegar on a few of the seedlings and it seemed to work just as well as the ones i treated with bleach and the ones treat with H2O2. but things seem to be doing better with out the organics.

it is organic sludge that will build up in an anaerobic environment. more oxygen is needed. Use an enzyme product to eat dead organic matter, or use a beneficial bacteria such as trichoderma.

what is that ,shit? man you got to stop crapping in the tank. seriously id chuck it and get new one.

meezy4tw said:

Looks like you got yourself you're own micro ecosystem there lol. Thats the shit you see is the stuff that coats fish tank filters after a while.
What it is is basically a giant buildup of bacteria, algae and other crap thats been feeding off you're organic stuff.

Heres a pic of my fishtank filter. Looks the same almost to me.
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holy crap! nasty when i got that stuff i washed everything other real well and flush the system and started with different nutes