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- Oct 2, 2019
I recently built a new loop. I have been running distilled later, 2 (to 4) drops of PT nuke and a kill coil. I am getting slime growing in my system. It is most visible in my distroplate. Its a whitish clear. I will post a pic later. I have been adding the primochill UV dye. The system is near a window that leads to a porch, and the glass in the case faces away from the window, but it does get a small amount of outside light. Algea has not been an issue this round (4 drops vs 2) yet, but I had some red algae grow the first time I filled it. I cleaned everything out with water - brushed / wiped it down disassembled. I'm thinking now I probably should have used more than water. 
I flushed the radiator when I first got it with hot tap water .... not boiling, but hot. I did not flush the blocks with anything. The lines are all new. I opened the distroplate and cleaned it by hand, but also did not flush it with anything. I am pretty new to this whole thing, so what did I miss? Do I need to flush it with something like Blitz? Also, I am adding a radiator soon, does that change the procedure you are advising - I was planning on just running it as is until the rest of the parts come in to add the radiator (2 weeks or so, infrequent usage anyway). The blocks are copper, one is nickle plated. The lines are PETG.
Don't bother telling me to lose the dye, its not happening. It has saved me so much money in components by early leak detection that I wont negotiate on that one.
While we are at it is 2 drops per liter on the PT Nuke enough? I am currently at work, so I don't have the bottle. I remember there being more than one type. I will post the details from the bottle later. I tried doubling the amount this fill (3 weeks ago) and still have film growing... but I might not have done the prep right.
Thanks in advance
I flushed the radiator when I first got it with hot tap water .... not boiling, but hot. I did not flush the blocks with anything. The lines are all new. I opened the distroplate and cleaned it by hand, but also did not flush it with anything. I am pretty new to this whole thing, so what did I miss? Do I need to flush it with something like Blitz? Also, I am adding a radiator soon, does that change the procedure you are advising - I was planning on just running it as is until the rest of the parts come in to add the radiator (2 weeks or so, infrequent usage anyway). The blocks are copper, one is nickle plated. The lines are PETG.
Don't bother telling me to lose the dye, its not happening. It has saved me so much money in components by early leak detection that I wont negotiate on that one.
While we are at it is 2 drops per liter on the PT Nuke enough? I am currently at work, so I don't have the bottle. I remember there being more than one type. I will post the details from the bottle later. I tried doubling the amount this fill (3 weeks ago) and still have film growing... but I might not have done the prep right.
Thanks in advance
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