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Submitted by: Larry

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The white, slimy coating in your system would indicate some kind of infection. My first thought would be algae but you mention an 'ez clone' so I doubt any light can enter that system to help algae grow. If not algae, that pretty much leaves our choices as a viral or bacterial infection. You say that pythoff and florashield were not effective... Pythoff is basically a water conditioner with nutrient supplements so I cannot see how that would help. Florashield, however, will kill all bacteria including beneficial bacteria so if this did nothing then it is not bacterial so I would begin by cleaning the system. Using a sponge scrub the system with a little bleach or hydrogen peroxide at a concentration of no more than a couple drops per couple gallons of water and rinse well. When you see a problem like this, adding more and more remedies merely stresses your plants more. I always clean the system first and that seems to solve 90% of all problems.

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