where does Algae come from?

[rjrgroup]

Do you have algae in the same room(separate tank)? I wonder if airborne transfer would be possible if so...

 

[rbredding]

rjrgroup;646456 wrote: Do you have algae in the same room(separate tank)? I wonder if airborne transfer would be possible if so...

like....


standing over one tank... breathing in algae particles...

then standing over the other tank.. breathing out the particles onto the "sterile" system..

 

[rjrgroup]

Evaporation water having spores and transferring from room circulation. Seems possible to me.

Rbredding;646462 wrote: like....


standing over one tank... breathing in algae particles...

then standing over the other tank.. breathing out the particles onto the "sterile" system..

 

[rbredding]

agreed...

 

[jj ocean]

My view is that you can never make the tank sterile. All it takes is one cell. Bleached rock, salt mix and anything else that comes in contact with your tank has the potential to carry an algae cell and most definitely does. It is all of those items that are seeding your tank.

That being said, if you don't introduce livestock that carries other algae, I feel the types of algae that grow in your "sterile" tank will be limited ... diatoms, slime, cyno, etc.

Just my opinion.

 

[grouper therapy]

Mixing container, salt mix, pump and hoses that had air pockets, behind old silicone, air pockets in live rock, shells in the sand that the bleach did not get to. Since the rodi systems do not remove algae spores and therere some strands that survive in both fresh and saltwater then I would say it that is a possibility as well.

 

[rbredding]

you CAN make a tank sterile.. .

just run 100% of the water in the tank through a 300W UV Sterilizer every 2 hours...

that should do it..

 

[grouper therapy]

Rbredding;646528 wrote: you CAN make a tank sterile.. .

just run 100% of the water in the tank through a 300W UV Sterilizer every 2 hours...

that should do it..

You can make the the water sterile but what about the spores attached to the tank?

 

[snowmansnow]

.....Life will find a way

Edit: its kind of like a stream i use to play in when i was a little boy. I knew the stream started up on the mountain... i had been there! it flowed WAY down into a pond probably a few miles.... over a few water falls....

i couldnt for the life of me figure out how FISH up up into the UPPER POOLS.....

 

[jead85]

Chuck Norris did it.

 

[KrisDeitz]

jead85;646548 wrote: Chuck Norris did it.

Like!

 

[lilrobb]

grouper therapy;646490 wrote: Since the rodi systems do not remove algae spores and therere some strands that survive in both fresh and saltwater then I would say it that is a possibility as well.

Really? Solids do pass through filters and membranes?

 

[hhughes]

Algae-pixies. They come in through the cracks around your windows and doors, and sprinkle algae spores around. Nasty little things.

 

[rbredding]

grouper therapy;646537 wrote: You can make the the water sterile but what about the spores attached to the tank?

start off with sterilized water and a sterilized tank, wrap it in a bubble, suck all the oxygen out of the bubble (strong bubble) and blast the entire surface area with gamma rays.. (no wait.. that's how you make the Hulk)..


darn.. where was I' ?

 

[rjrgroup]

Riiiiiiiiight...celebrating the end of the world are you? Have a drink for me bro. hahahaha.

Rbredding;646611 wrote: start off with sterilized water and a sterilized tank, wrap it in a bubble, suck all the oxygen out of the bubble (strong bubble) and blast the entire surface area with gamma rays.. (no wait.. that's how you make the Hulk)..


darn.. where was I' ?

 

[grouper therapy]

LilRobb;646558 wrote: Really? Solids do pass through filters and membranes?

Absolutely. The tds meters that we use even at 0 does not represent totally 100% purified water. You can get closer with distilled water but even then it would have to be a sterile system.

 

[seth the wine guy]

JJ Ocean;646476 wrote: My view is that you can never make the tank sterile. All it takes is one cell. Bleached rock, salt mix and anything else that comes in contact with your tank has the potential to carry an algae cell and most definitely does. It is all of those items that are seeding your tank.

That being said, if you don't introduce livestock that carries other algae, I feel the types of algae that grow in your "sterile" tank will be limited ... diatoms, slime, cyno, etc.

Just my opinion.

+1. To think that all it takes is one spore to create the entire population.