Recent content by Michael Hunt

Hahaha i’ve been caught watching from the shadows yet again! I’m doing well brother just busier than s*** these days. I do have one big luscious lady going who is very close to harvest. Decided to take a break from documenting the process this time around. Its been a roller coaster of a grow...

Incredible man :slide:your attention to every little detail has paid off again.

I use a box to quiet down an air pump. The biggest issue is heat. Trapped in a box allows the heat from the pump to really build up. We lined 4 of the 6 sides with “egg carton” foam. Then cut a vent in one end, and mounted a computer fan in the other to pull fresh air in through the vent and...

Thankfully it’s not a common issue and from my research seems to effect dwc and rdwc growers most. But, if it takes hold, it can feel impossible to get rid of. Impossible without the help of Erythromycin :high-five:

Oh yeah i’m still down here fighting the good fight. But i think it has been won. 2 weeks and not a single bloom in sight. I mainly wanted to post this for anyone down the road experiencing this issue and can learn from the road i’ve been down. Agreed. It is in the same family of cyanobacteria...

This stuff grows in the dark. Even with the light off for days. Most of the testing has been done with the light off since my last plant died a few weeks ago. So there’s definitely no light causing this. Water temps never got above 68* and this stuff kept growing even in 60* water. Well it was...

Here’s what it looks like outside the water

Hey @Bill284 thanks for the input! unfortunately hydroguard has no effect on this bacteria. It is not a true algae, and is VERY resistant to most common methods of cleaning. I have tried hydroguard, hydroshield, canazyme, hygrozyme, microbe teas of at least 2 different recipes with no success...

Howdy folks! Been battling some serious pathogens in my reservoir the past few months and figured since there isnt much info on the site regarding this exact issue, I would share what i have learned so far. What is this “brown slime algae cyanobacteria” he’s talking about, you might ask...