posting this on here as most people on here been around a long time and dont want bs newb replys on other forums....
Back story:
setup a 2.5g pico.. started cycling my dry (for over 4 years) fiji rock in a closed bucket with water from my over 10 year old tank. the rock was pulled/dryed to eliminate a massive hydroid problem in my 10g tank... rock had 3 100% wc in bucket from established tank over 2 months... no light, heated with powerhead.
rock added to pico mid march... indoor, heated, zero livestock, no cuc, no light, for another 2.5 months and added about an inch of reef grade LS. water changes 100% every week with an 80-20 mixture of new sw and other tank sw. no skimmer, no sump, no reverse light cycle, no macro algae
chemistry and chit:
water is rodi 7 stage with regular and chloramine carbon blocks, color changing resin, zero tds out of unit. tank only has marineland blue/white bonded filter floss in a 80gph hang on back and a 60gph tiny power head. (tank is less than 2g water volume with rock and sand in it) 50w titanium heater set at 80. titanium grounding probe. 30w LED aqua knight at 40% blue and 10% white (for last month at 9hrs/day) temp stable 79-80. salt mix is 60% red sea coral pro, 40% red sea blue bucket. this pico and my 10+ year old tank are 5 feet from eachother. feeding was ONE ocean nutrition pellet small size once every other day with nothing in tank... now one once a day with 4 zoa frags in tank and 2 certh snails (no other cuc as no algae). do not dose or add anything to pico.
Problem:
I do 100% wc once a week (same water as use in my 10+ year old tank with no issues at all).. all is awesome after 100% wc which always happens on sundays, by thursday a clear slime starts to develop on tank glass, friday its on the rocks and i can see it moving in the current and can blow it off with turkey baster, saturday the entire tank looks slightly cloudy with all above still present and zoas unhappy.... sunday the tank water is thick.... like clear jell-o thats been in fridge for about an hour (think consistency of hand sanatizer since we all know what thats like atm). you can feel the thickness with hands in tank. I do my water change as its sunday.... it all goes away 100%, zoas open instantly, and repeat... every week for the past month same weekly thing.
water appears milky with brown tint in WC bucket after 100% removal. (I can give a pic of that if needed). I have NOT tested the removed water perameters as i ASSume the water color and thickness would mess with results....
any ideas? anyone? something I'm missing? thanks. this only happens in the pico tank.
Back story:
setup a 2.5g pico.. started cycling my dry (for over 4 years) fiji rock in a closed bucket with water from my over 10 year old tank. the rock was pulled/dryed to eliminate a massive hydroid problem in my 10g tank... rock had 3 100% wc in bucket from established tank over 2 months... no light, heated with powerhead.
rock added to pico mid march... indoor, heated, zero livestock, no cuc, no light, for another 2.5 months and added about an inch of reef grade LS. water changes 100% every week with an 80-20 mixture of new sw and other tank sw. no skimmer, no sump, no reverse light cycle, no macro algae
chemistry and chit:
water is rodi 7 stage with regular and chloramine carbon blocks, color changing resin, zero tds out of unit. tank only has marineland blue/white bonded filter floss in a 80gph hang on back and a 60gph tiny power head. (tank is less than 2g water volume with rock and sand in it) 50w titanium heater set at 80. titanium grounding probe. 30w LED aqua knight at 40% blue and 10% white (for last month at 9hrs/day) temp stable 79-80. salt mix is 60% red sea coral pro, 40% red sea blue bucket. this pico and my 10+ year old tank are 5 feet from eachother. feeding was ONE ocean nutrition pellet small size once every other day with nothing in tank... now one once a day with 4 zoa frags in tank and 2 certh snails (no other cuc as no algae). do not dose or add anything to pico.
Problem:
I do 100% wc once a week (same water as use in my 10+ year old tank with no issues at all).. all is awesome after 100% wc which always happens on sundays, by thursday a clear slime starts to develop on tank glass, friday its on the rocks and i can see it moving in the current and can blow it off with turkey baster, saturday the entire tank looks slightly cloudy with all above still present and zoas unhappy.... sunday the tank water is thick.... like clear jell-o thats been in fridge for about an hour (think consistency of hand sanatizer since we all know what thats like atm). you can feel the thickness with hands in tank. I do my water change as its sunday.... it all goes away 100%, zoas open instantly, and repeat... every week for the past month same weekly thing.
water appears milky with brown tint in WC bucket after 100% removal. (I can give a pic of that if needed). I have NOT tested the removed water perameters as i ASSume the water color and thickness would mess with results....
any ideas? anyone? something I'm missing? thanks. this only happens in the pico tank.