Surface Slime from Hell

[sen5241b]

I've had that waxy, whitish surface slime before but this time its really bad.

I've skimmed the surface 3 days in a row. Fed nothing yesterday or today. Yesterday I moved a pump near the top of the tank and pointed the nozzle directly at the surface. I verified nothing died.

Come home today and its as bad as ever. What is the root cause of surface slime?

 

[Smitty]

Sorry to hear that sen...are there any airborne chemicals (air fresheners, cleaning solutions) anywhere near the tank possibly?

 

[little_fish]

Try laying a paper towel on the surface of the water and manually remove as much as you can. Why you have a bad case of it, im not sure.

 

[sen5241b]

Whenever I have had the whitish surface slime, I have never been able to tie it anything chemical, anything dead or any other event. I did clean some red cyano out of my fuge last night. We'll see if it helps.

 

[BL1]

Is this on the biocube or one of the 20g?

 

[sen5241b]

Is this on the biocube or one of the 20g?

The Biocube.. It worse than ever now. Somebody has to know where this sh-- is coming from!

 

[bjohanson1234]

Are you running a skimmer?

I do know that fish waste is atracted to where air and water meet. Maybe it is just excess fish waste?:dunno:

 

[sen5241b]

Are you running a skimmer?

I do know that fish waste is attracted to where air and water meet. Maybe it is just excess fish waste?:dunno:

I've fed them this much before and saw no trace or surface slime. Corals all look fine. Its the weirdest thing. I'll change carbon next.

 

[BL1]

Hmmm that's weird, I had this problem in my 75 before I added the overflow. But, it was because it wasn't getting surface skimmed and there was a build up of protein waste at the surface. The biocube should be pulling it off the top when it goes into the chambers so I don't know what's causing it.

 

[mezel420]

Try using a Surface skimmer, Ive had this problem b4! Good Luck:x:Cost is about 15$

 

[sen5241b]

Solved: Took a metal tool and scraped out the vents on the back wall of my BC29. The coralline was starting to block the vents preventing larger chunks of slime form getting through.

 

[Smitty]

Cool...I'm glad you found the problem and solution.

 

[wontonflip]

Awesome! Sometimes it's the simplest solutions. Thanks for sharing!