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Whats this shit?
- Thread starter BigPete
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By the looks of it I would say it's your roommates load lol. All jokes aside I haven't ever seen anything like that. I'd get an RO filter. Your tap looks like mine, minus the jizz load of course ��
But for sure keep up with the dm zone. Should keep the nasties at bay
I had new taps fitted all nice and clean so I deliberately let the cold tap drip. After 10 days this was hanging off the tap, not only that but there was a build up of moldy snot looking stuff round the plug hole. I have a hard time keeping my reservoir clean. I've put a submersible fish tank filter in the reservoir which I clean every now and then. I keep the res dosed up with zone, plant is very healthy. I just don't know what that snot stuff is.
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I would seriously have that tested for my own good. It's probably just severely hard water but better to be safe than sorry.
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bigganjabud
Your in London innit?
Looks like calcium build up from hard water area
I've not seen any of that where I live tbh but I moved from London about 9 months ago
I'd suggest not using any chems tbh as your just gonna be adding to the problem
Get a reverse osmosis unit and allow the water to stand over night to dissapear the chlorine mate
Il pass back from time to time and see how ya getting on
Looks like calcium build up from hard water area
I've not seen any of that where I live tbh but I moved from London about 9 months ago
I'd suggest not using any chems tbh as your just gonna be adding to the problem
Get a reverse osmosis unit and allow the water to stand over night to dissapear the chlorine mate
Il pass back from time to time and see how ya getting on
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
It's bacterial, not simply calcium.
Scrub EVERY piece of equipment with bleach and reverse osmosis water. Keep ALL tap water away from every piece of equipment you have. Rinse with clean r/o water. Use only r/o water, because it keeps these biologicals out. A drop or two of tap water on your equipment, hands or meters will quickly re-infect your reservoir.
Had well water like this once. Beat my head bloody against the wall before figuring it out. If the bleach doesn't kill it, you may need to treat everything with aquarium antibiotics.
Wishing you the best!
Scrub EVERY piece of equipment with bleach and reverse osmosis water. Keep ALL tap water away from every piece of equipment you have. Rinse with clean r/o water. Use only r/o water, because it keeps these biologicals out. A drop or two of tap water on your equipment, hands or meters will quickly re-infect your reservoir.
Had well water like this once. Beat my head bloody against the wall before figuring it out. If the bleach doesn't kill it, you may need to treat everything with aquarium antibiotics.
Wishing you the best!
There is a type of filter called Grow Max that is like 1 step below a RO unit... it looses nothing (unlike RO) and does not give you yoyo madshit pH problems like (pure) RO
http://growmaxwater.com/
It does not take out all the things that an RO unit does, but it will get rid of a lot of shit, inc suspicious "snot".. room mate's or not
http://growmaxwater.com/
It does not take out all the things that an RO unit does, but it will get rid of a lot of shit, inc suspicious "snot".. room mate's or not
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Uh, pH is rock solid stable with r/o. Using nutes incorrectly will burn roots, causing a sharp drop in pH. Not the water, the user.
15+ years of DWC and other hydro with ONLY r/o water... never had pH issues except when I screwed things up.
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ganjygav
Fuck me,
This is why I don't drink our tap water.
Last month when they were talking about all the plastic bottles of water people weren't recycling on the news.
They stated there's no need for people to be using bottled water as the uks tap water is one of the cleanest in the world.
Bullshit I say... BULLSHIT
This is why I don't drink our tap water.
Last month when they were talking about all the plastic bottles of water people weren't recycling on the news.
They stated there's no need for people to be using bottled water as the uks tap water is one of the cleanest in the world.
Bullshit I say... BULLSHIT
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
They say the tap water in the USA is good as well. Your mileage may vary. I live in an area with really clean water, which is a first for me in over 4 decades. 7.2pH and about 114ppm this time of year.
All the other places had varying levels of hard minerals and heavy metals. Fortunately, only one place had slime. Gack!
All the other places had varying levels of hard minerals and heavy metals. Fortunately, only one place had slime. Gack!
These pictures were taken over a period of 3 days, right glass cold tap left glass hot tap. My tapwater is not fit to drink and no wonder my reservoir gets slimy. No matter how much I clean and sterilise I cant win. I'm thinking of approaching my water provider to see what they have to say about this.
I'm pretty sure you can send a sample of water to your water company for analysis - give em a bell. Maybe don't mention your Ganja.
Good luck with the fix.
Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
Looks like a bacterial issue. Your solution is most likely going to be isolation of your grow from your tap water. Cleaning your equipment will require antibiotics (think fish store ) or other bacterial sterilization.
R/O filters will remove it. Total isolation though, as far as containers and what the outlet hose comes in contact with. Study up on mycology and how to work in a lab without cross contamination.
R/O filters will remove it. Total isolation though, as far as containers and what the outlet hose comes in contact with. Study up on mycology and how to work in a lab without cross contamination.
