Slimy bacteria in water holding tote

Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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get a aquarium uv sterilizing lamp. you can get on amazon cheap as f. put it in the water and run it for an hour or so a day or every orher day. works fn sweet
had same problem and this totally solved it.
ill take a pic of mine in a min
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Jjgrow420 said:
get a aquarium uv sterilizing lamp. you can get on amazon cheap as f. put it in the water and run it for an hour or so a day or every orher day. works fn sweet
had same problem and this totally solved it.
ill take a pic of mine in a min
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I like that. I'm surprised I didn't think of that, considering I used a uv sterilizer on a reef tank I used to have.
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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70's natureboy said:
Sounds weird to me. I leave my ro water in a blue trash can for weeks sometimes and never noticed any changes in it. I'm stumped.
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I was led to believe rubber attracts the biofilm. I'm using rubber airline. It's the only place I notice it. Everything else at least doesn't feel slimey.
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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Hollatchaboy said:
I like that. I'm surprised I didn't think of that, considering I used a uv sterilizer on a reef tank I used to have.
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thats where i got the idea.
im a man of many talents
fish keeping is one of those as well
also. get a float valve for your ro. set it up on a 10 or 15gal tote so everytime you take water out it will fill to the float valve and stop
 
Hollatchaboy

Hollatchaboy

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Jjgrow420 said:
thats where i got the idea.
im a man of many talents
fish keeping is one of those as well
also. get a float valve for your ro. set it up on a 10 or 15gal tote so everytime you take water out it will fill to the float valve and stop
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I used to have fresh and saltwater running but it was costly. At least the reef tank was, and it was a PITA! Lol

I have my ro filter under a bathroom sink couple rooms over from my growroom. I had thought about the float valve, but I'd have a waterline running across my foyer floor... lol... it would be too obvious, and unfortunately suspicious. Even though I'm legit with the law, there's still people I don't want to know I'm growing. Lol....1st rule of growing.... DON'T TELL ANYBODY. lol :bigjoint:
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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Hollatchaboy said:
Yea I like that. Nothing more sterilizing than uv! You get those on amazon you said? That's not like that fish tank ones. The one I had was enclosed and the water ran through it.
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yes this one was like 7 bux on sale from like 20 lol
just search aquarium uv filter.
they say to put this in your reg filter housing. lol. kinda dumb but perfect for what i need
 
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