You're dealing with Cyanobacteria, which is in some tap water. For me, it comes and goes. Never heard of it forming inside riot cubes, but I guess it could happen since they don't dry out. I sometimes get it on clones, airstone/hose in my cloner, and on roots of transplants (dwc). Some people battle it with bennies, I just keep my cloner and shit clean until it passes. I don't know how you would deal with it since peroxide doesn't really help, and you're using cubes. I use a spray bottle and spray the slime off the rooted and unrooted clones. Some people deal with it year round, for me it's only a couple times a year for about a week (knock on wood). You could try breeding bennies, or buy a gallon of aquashield and try that, or maybe some dutchmaster zone. Other than those, I'm at a blank. Good luck.and on the same sorta note.... i recently had 3/4 a batch of clones go face up on me and when i was inspecting them for roots i noticed this clear gelatinous slime in all the big air pockets in the root riot cube? i assume this is some sorta bacterial colony? i dip my clones in great white after clonex I was assuming this was the offender in this situation but now I'm not so sure?
We always just called it slime mold but it's nice to know what it really is now.like in your AC? my old in the wall unit i used to use had goobers hanging down where the water would drip of some gross clear gunk.
come to think my portable has needed its hoses flushed out a couple times too and usually a nice big clear goober comes out.
yummy, ya its about the same consistency too.
Thanks, i get called a lot of things and awesome isn't usually one of them!Good luck! your awesome hgk
Pythium isn't bacteria and it doesn't make slime, it's from cyanobacteria. Some instances of it could be airborne, but the stuff hgk is dealing with is most likely already in the water. He could use fish Erythromycin, which is an antibiotic, but you gotta be careful with that stuff because the bacteria can build a resistance to it, making it super bacteria. The other stuff I mentioned earlier should help too.pythium-
its in the air.