Username:   Password:       Quinte Aquatic Society    A place for Aquarists in eastern Ontario to connect. Home • FAQ • Search • Memberlist • Usergroups • Calendar • Profile • Register  Log in to check your private messages Welcome Welcome to Quinte Aquatic Society. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content, and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple, and absolutely free, so please, join our community today! Algae on Plastics          Quinte Aquatic Society Forum Index -> Algae Control View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Morgoth Member Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 123 Location: Kingston Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:07 pm    Post subject: Algae on Plastics I had a weird problem where a white coat of slime appeared on the suction cups of the heater in one of my tanks. I also had an incident with a similar, if not the same slime, on some dark blue coloured air tubing. Is this slime Algae? I've removed the heater suction cups and cleaned them off and I replaced the tubing with clear air tubing. I haven't added the heater back, it's too warm right now anyways.) Last edited by Morgoth on Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:30 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top Seahare Member Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 35 Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:15 pm    Post subject: It's not slime algae it's some sort of organic material but it's harmless I've seen it before. Back to top ausername Site Admin Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Posts: 517 Location: Trenton, Ontario Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:43 pm    Post subject: Yeah its normal biological material. Very common with co2. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         Quinte Aquatic Society Forum Index -> Algae Control All times are GMT - 5 Hours Page 1 of 1      Jump to: Select a forum General Information----------------General InformationAdmin Freshwater Discussion----------------General Freshwater ForumFreshwater Newbies Marine Discussion----------------General Marine ForumMarine Newbies Aquatic Plants----------------General Plants ForumAlgae Control Aquatic Breeding----------------Freshwater BreedingMarine Breeding and propagation Member Articles----------------Articles General Interest----------------Member LoungeYour tanksBuy and SellFreebiesWanted AD'sBios    You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum phpBB skin developed by: John Olson Powered by phpBB