Hi everyone, this first time visiting tom's hardware but from some of the other posts on the site everyone seems pretty friendly 
I have a watercooling loop that has been running fine for about 8 months, but over the last month or so I've started to notice the water in my reservoir looking a little cloudy, and it was also a little getting a bit low. I opened it up today and added about a half cup more distilled water to it to top it off. When I started the loop up again I noticed some white particles floating around in the water in the reservoir for a little bit. They're gone now (I suspect recaptured by the mesh filter in front of the pump) but now that I've added more water I can tell that what I thought was cloudy water was actually a slight film on the surfaces of the reservoir (it doesn't extend all the way up to the new water level).
I looked around on the forum and found this post:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/276368-29-algae
which seemed to be a similar problem, which people concluded was corrosion? That doesn't seem like it should be a problem for me though because I'm pretty sure all my components are brass, copper, or plastic (I'm new to all this though, so I could be wrong).
Here is everything (I think) in my loop:
Also, this loop is cooling (although it is probably not relevant):
Does anyone have any suggestions for what the problem could be? Thanks a lot for your help in advance!
- Adam
I have a watercooling loop that has been running fine for about 8 months, but over the last month or so I've started to notice the water in my reservoir looking a little cloudy, and it was also a little getting a bit low. I opened it up today and added about a half cup more distilled water to it to top it off. When I started the loop up again I noticed some white particles floating around in the water in the reservoir for a little bit. They're gone now (I suspect recaptured by the mesh filter in front of the pump) but now that I've added more water I can tell that what I thought was cloudy water was actually a slight film on the surfaces of the reservoir (it doesn't extend all the way up to the new water level).
I looked around on the forum and found this post:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/276368-29-algae
which seemed to be a similar problem, which people concluded was corrosion? That doesn't seem like it should be a problem for me though because I'm pretty sure all my components are brass, copper, or plastic (I'm new to all this though, so I could be wrong).
Here is everything (I think) in my loop:
■ Swiftech Maelstrom 5 1/4" Dual Bay Standalone Reservoir w/ MCP35X Pump
■ Swiftech MCW82 Universal GPU waterblock (x2)
■ Swiftech SLI/Crossfire Bridge
■ Swiftech G1/4 Male-Male Lok-Seal™ SLI & CrossFireX Connector Fitting - 41 to 65mm - Black (x4)
■ Monsoon Free Center Compression Fitting - 7/16"ID x 5/8"OD - Modders 6 Pack Black Chrome (x2)
■ IandH Dead-Water Copper Sulfate Biocidal PC Coolant Additive (2-3 drops)
■ XSPC RS240 Dual 120mm Low Profile Radiator
■ XSPC Rasa CPU Block
■ PrimoChill PrimoFlex Pro LRT Anti-microbial Tubing (UV Red)
Also, this loop is cooling (although it is probably not relevant):
■ 1x Intel Core i7 860
■ 2x Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 560
Does anyone have any suggestions for what the problem could be? Thanks a lot for your help in advance!
- Adam
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