I have a black/green slime forming at the bottom of the filter... Anybody else see that? Why is algae forming? What to do about it?
1502788
Mine isn't doing this. I would use some very diluted bleach and clean it very well and replace the filter. Search for the dilution you'll need on the bleach and water for cleaning.
1502789
it has not happened to me, yet, have you tryed to avoid it by changing the filter every 2 months?
1893792
No. Something may be wrong. Is the plastic it come with off completely? check inside. Make sure the filter is in correctly.
2231754
No, I don't think it's normal. Mine was clear first time. My guess is, if you use cloudy water, there is a leak there somewhere, most likely to be the filter elements or the plugs(holes - if you use 2 elements instead of 4) not tight enough. If you use clear water then I'm not sure...if you didn't clean the elements and primed them then may be dusts would have got int there and make it cloudy...I hope this helps
1559094
Did you give it a little time to saturate the filter? Unless you did something putting the new filter on, which I am not sure what that could be. Giving the filter time to fill is all I can think of. Good luck.
1190427
I had a similar issue in a minor way with my first one. It stopped very soon. I figured it was just minerals that weren't secure. No big deal. The minerals are what alkalinizes the water. It's either just a minor flaw in the construction of the filter or some minerals got in there that were too small for it.
515655
I also noticed this on my last order from Amazon. Prior experience has always been dry. I found this issue after their return period so, now what? All filters in the package were wet and had a little charcoal coming out.
156128
That is carbon from the filter. It is not abnormal for it to happen, it just usually doesn't.
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Hi, S. I just looked at mine and it is like that only in the bottom where water has been sitting that didn't evaporate or get poured out completely. Are you making sure it's dry after each use? I suspect it may just be staining from gross minerally stuff in the water, but I'm no scientist.
1484088
Black particles have appeared in the top portion of the Brita where you pour the water. They appear near when it is almost time to change the filter.
504015
This happened to me as well on the 2nd day. Initially, I soaked my filter many times and that didn't help. Eventually it finally stopped today after I shook the filter. It was so frustrating. I guessing maybe this has something to do with the fact that there are 3 layers of the filter materials. Perhaps the mineral particles shuffled to the very bottom but they're supposed to be at the top, according to the pic in the brochure. This is just a guess.
363831
did you rinse the rocks at the bottom well and did you run water thru the filter enough times? it sounds like it's just from the rocks - try rinsing everythng again and that should help.
1207886
I've never had an issue with algae build-up, since the water is filtered. I do run the bowl through the dishwasher every couple of weeks and I change the filter regularly.
1489130
After about a year they get so plugged full of algae the filter will not work very well. At that point they should be replaced. You can clean them, but holding hundreds of 1/2 inch disks in front of the spraw of water gets tiring.
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I am just now to the point to change my first filter so don't know just yet. Lost where I put my filters so waiting on new ones before I take it apart. I will have to wait to hear on your responses. I don't seem to have goo but I used to get it all the time on their other regular dishes.
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Not that I've noticed, though admittedly my canister filter is crapping out right now (but it's about 2 years old). The only thing I notice is the water goes brown and the ph is affected according to how much you put in there...
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There shouldn't be any color stuff at the bottom of the filter. Return it for an exchange.
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I never had a problem with algae. It's slightly translucent, but the outer coil is colored, so in-between the coils the hosing is actually milkly colored translucent material. I wouldn't recommend this hose however, not for the algae issues but because it bursts at the connector ends. Good luck!