Algae all over the place!!! I'm panicking!

[Melhisedek]

Hi mates!
Well I have purchased my Waterchill 2-3 months ago and it have been working great ! Without a hitch.
I bought one that cools chipset, GPU and CPU! I just cooled CPU+GPU...

Recently I bought Radeon 9800XT and I didn't want to install w/c on it so I took GPU cooler out from the original setup ( it cooled my dead 9500 ). So now it only cools CPU. This was some 3-4 weeks ago. The other day I wanted to check it out and I saw algae all over the place. They are in all the tubing, in the reservoir ( 3-4 pieces floating around ) and my pump started sounding strange lately :/

I'm panicking! First time there was no problems and there were no algae at all for at least 2 months. Not even a sign of one! I'm sure I put enough of fluid that came with setup ( Anti algae )

What should I do ??? I wouldn't like to take everything out ( it's hell of a job for me )

If I put more anti algae fluid in reservoir will it help ??? Is there anything else I can put inside ? Problem is that I don't have any more tubing And WaterChill uses some kind of special one. I'm really tired and need your help guys!

Thank you for your time!

 

[JFettig]

Take it apart, clean it out with clr or something, reasemble and make sure you use a little bit of antifreeze in your mixture(5-10%)

Theres nothing you can put inside to eat it away, just take it apart and dont ruin any of your tubing.

Jon

 

[sandman001]

I'd take it all apart, and run some >70% alcohol through it.

 

[Melhisedek]

So alcohol would kill them ? As I mentioned I would really hate to take everything apart. It takes so much time :/

Would it be possible for me to run acohol a few times through whole system while it is still mounted and take all the bad guys out that way ? Or ?

And what is "clr" JFettig? Please excuse me for my ignorance

Thank you for your time!

 

[JFettig]

CLR is a calcium lime and rust remover, I am thinking it should clean everything out, but maybe I am having second thaughts. maybe just take the system out of the case, drain the water and add alcohol and see if it cleans it up, you will probably want to flush water through it for a while(new water constantly)

Its just something you will probably have to take apart and clean out.

Jon

 

[themodguy]

CLR(FYI) is the name of a product like coke is the name of a pop drink. You can get CLR, if you want, at place like home depot.

 

[unix and linux]

will i die if i drink clr?

 

[sandman001]

Better try it.

 

[unix and linux]

Nah i already had worst experience with super coolant liquid from dtek.

 

[Sneakytermite]

Melhisedek, we know taking apart the wc system is a pain. But you can't get around it man. There's no way to get the algae out without draining the system. Just bite the nail and do it. It's for the good of your system. Good luck!

 

[UberBlue]

A person by the name of Airspirit over @ pro forums faced a similar delima, only his system was designed in a way that he couldn't tear it apart and clean it out.

He concocted a 50/50 mixture of pinesol/lysol that disolved all the algae and left his pipes squeaky clean then named it "sol enema"

Here's the thread. It's long.

 

[ILikeMy240sx]

The only way to clean all that algae out is to take everything out. Even with alcohol, CLR, or algaecide, it will not get rid of dead algaes... (I worked at a pool cleaning company and after shocking the pool we would wait a day or so for algae to die but you would still see dead algaes floating in the water... so need for vaccuming)

You would have take apart your parts and clean out everything. Most likely you will end up replacing the tubing, opening up the blocks, and running alot of water through the rad to get all the algae out.

Sorry it happend and i wish you the best of luck.

 

[ILikeMy240sx]

A person by the name of Airspirit over @ pro forums faced a similar delima, only his system was designed in a way that he couldn't tear it apart and clean it out.

He concocted a 50/50 mixture of pinesol/lysol that disolved all the algae and left his pipes squeaky clean then named it "sol enema"

Here's the thread. It's long.

I just read the thread.... Did that solution really get rid of all the gunks as well??? that's interesting

 

[Soja]

I just read the thread.... Did that solution really get rid of all the gunks as well??? that's interesting

Somewhere in the thread airspirit shows some snapshots of his crystal clear tubing after running his sol solution.

 

[unix and linux]

are algea dead creatures like are they alive?
Can they cause skin disseases?

 

[feyd83]

Algae is a form of moss. I can't think of any form of algea that can cause diseases, but all sorts of fun stuff likes to feed off of it. So I wouldn't recommend eating any of it. (I love microbiology ).

 

[Melhisedek]

Well this is really great news if I can get it to work =(

1:st problem is that I'm in Sweden and that most of this names doesn't help me too much

2:nd problem is that I get this urge to destroy my whole rig and beat it to dust. I'm so fed up with it. Nothing works as it should in it and everything dies within it ( except algae that now cowers all of tubing )

So if anyone would be kind to explain to me what:

40% Pine-Sol
10% Lysol

are, I would be very grateful! I need explanation on what they are used for and what kind of stores I would be able to find such or similar products. In this $hitty country you can't find anything that ain't for women or animals.

And if anything else fails state name of strong poison that will surely kill me painfuly so I can end this misery!
( Already tried drinking to death once... Didn't went as planned )

Thank you for your time!

 

[feyd83]

Melhisedek, is your WC system exposed to sun light? If it's enclosed then you probably have cyanobacteria (Algae has to be photosynthetic). That might explain why the anti-algae stuff doesn't work. Just an idea.

 

[unix and linux]

My tubing is very cloudy and slightly bluish in color. Maybe its because i put half the bottle of that yellow super coolant from dtek lol...my res is now all soapy water lol

 

[Soja]

Pine-sol and Lysol are common household cleaners. Check out info on them and maybe you can find something similar.