joeyfromlawrenceville
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi Gang,
I have an 18 gallon tote I fill with 15 gallons of RO water to keep salt water at the ready. I have a powerhead laying on the bottom as well as a heater. I am getting a light brown algae like slime on the walls of the tote. The lid stays on and the room is dark/dim most of the time in my basement storage room. It only took a few days for the stuff to appear, is this normal, or is something wrong?
PS , I used a powerhead from a source I had low SG salt ( 1.009) water made for another reason, been having light tan/yellow algae in the low gravity salt bucket and I only rinsed out the powerhead real good before putting it into my new salt water vat. I did not sterilized the powerhead or anything like that.
Thanks,
I have an 18 gallon tote I fill with 15 gallons of RO water to keep salt water at the ready. I have a powerhead laying on the bottom as well as a heater. I am getting a light brown algae like slime on the walls of the tote. The lid stays on and the room is dark/dim most of the time in my basement storage room. It only took a few days for the stuff to appear, is this normal, or is something wrong?
PS , I used a powerhead from a source I had low SG salt ( 1.009) water made for another reason, been having light tan/yellow algae in the low gravity salt bucket and I only rinsed out the powerhead real good before putting it into my new salt water vat. I did not sterilized the powerhead or anything like that.
Thanks,