slime is herpies for DWC .. once you got it you will NEVER get rid of it . i dont care what you do it cant be stopped ! it can only be kept in check ... algae is a natural part of life , it's the most abundant growing organism on the planet . it can travel on a number of paths to enter your grow , on your cloths/ shoes/ and in the air. its one of the first organisms on this planet and is still around today what does that tell ya ? u cant kill it ! i see sooooooooo many people claiming it's this n that that is causing the slime lmao lmao light h202 nut's temps blah blah blah there are thousands of posts on slime n everyone comes on the net claiming I FOUND OUT THE PROBLEM , IT WAS MY NUT'S OR LIGHT GETTING IN such a load of bullshit. it comes from growing plants !!!!!!!!!! you cant not get algae in a grow ! ask any floral shop if they deal with it n they will tell you HELL YES ! ask any one who has a salt water tank n they will tell you hell yes to ! ....
heres some common sense for some who need it .. while h202 kills whats on your roots to 95 % it also kills the good bacteria in your plants n res , the good bacteria keep algae / slime in check ! when you kill it in the res n kill the good you open the door to having all kinds of pathogens come in ! its like giving steroids to someone who hurt there leg muscle , sure the steroid helps strengthen the muscle but it also weakened the immune system allowing for bacteria to got you sick , h202 comes with a catch 22 , its a fine ballance to keep slime in check , no different then we asw humans have bugs ( mites ) living on our skin , we need them , they serve a important part of our system , without them on us we would have dead skin build up and cause all kinds of good things to happen to us , so if you kill those little buggies your in for a real treat . i bred CH dogs for over 15 years and worked side by side with doctors/vets as well as in the surgical room and radiology , you think its hard to deal with a algae bloom on some plants ? try 45 dogs and an out break of parvo ! or better yet coxcidiosis ( projectile squirts n vomiting , highly contagious ) ring worm anyone ? people bring it in on there hands/ cloths n feet and sometimes just air born , down here in costa rica we have a rain forrest climate , algae is every where !!!! on the streets n covering the sidewalks n buildings , u cant stop it or find out whats causing it , its a natural part of plant groth.. its like trying to stop acne on a teen ager , u cant , only get some medication to help it but you cant stop it , same rules apply , if you remove all oil from your skin to stop acne it will cause other problems , u need some oil in there , n different people get acne from different places , some from improper diet , some from stress , some from genetics or hereditary .. so back to slime ( dwc herpies ) u cant stop it even with no light it will grow , airiate the water as much as passable n it will still grow , clean it all you want it will still grow.. my dwc is light tight guaranteed ! panda plastic the entire thing from top to bottom 3 times over lmao lmao i have a 12 inch air stone and 2 1 inch air stones rinning on 2 pumps in a 10 gallon res , 6 plants in it , ph is 6.0 water temp stays at 72 water is from tap starting at 50 ppm n 7.0 ph . treat it h2o2 1 millimeter per gallon , i drop of bleach per 5 gallons n let it sit for 3 days open to air it out n let off the bleach n chlorine , i use whats called A-33 dry to clean my equiptment , its very cheap , n hospitals use it to sanitize sergical rooms as well as food process companies use it as well , its safe around live stock and safe to use on food bowls for animals so to use it to clean some plastic res its o.k.n safe . it kills just about anything including hiv on contact as well as blood !!!!! even with all that i still get slime once a week in my res... just these days what i do is keep it in low ammounts , i use nothing in my res as far as nut's these days . just ph water . it gives the roots all the h2o they need and co2 and you can foiler feed the plants to avoid putting some food in the res for the slime to grow . u may not get the best results like this but it will tell you slime will no longer be a major issue ! you need to keep slime in check from day one . just remember , its not light or nuts or root hormone or growing medium or pots or pumps or air stones ITS NONE OF THAT STUFF ! it's mother nature at her best n you cant beat her !!!!!!!!!!!!!! just deal with her like an X wife that u have a kid with , you hate her ass but you cant kill her ! you just have to put up with her b.s from time to time n you sure as hell cant stop it . lmao
