floaters in devekopers

jim appleyard · Dec 31, 2014

I often get floating things in my devs. Someone on another forum called them "snots"; as good a name as any.
This occurs in devs that I keep around for some time like Thornton's 2 bath and Diafine. I take it that these are living organisms? I filter often, but can these critters change the effectivenss of a dev or the pH? I mix with distilled water.

cliveh · Dec 31, 2014

jim appleyard said:
I often get floating things in my devs. Someone on another forums called them "snots"; as good a name as any.
This occurs in devs that I keep around for some time like Thornton's 2 bath and Diafine. I take it that these are living organisms? I filter often, but can these critters change the effectivenss of a dev or the pH? I mix with distilled water.

I have never experienced this.

Rick A · Dec 31, 2014

I have never experienced this either.

gone · Dec 31, 2014

Yes, these are actually little seen dangerous living organisms from another dimension. This short video will help you deal with them both in and out of the developing tank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdmat1Env8

ParkerSmithPhoto · Jan 1, 2015

jim appleyard said:
I often get floating things in my devs. Someone on another forum called them "snots"; as good a name as any.
This occurs in devs that I keep around for some time like Thornton's 2 bath and Diafine.?

I've had these in both Diafine and BTTB, as well as XTOL. Never filtered and never had any problems with it.

Gerald C Koch · Jan 3, 2015

Any alkaline bath can grow these critters. An inviting medium and bits of emulsion to eat. When it occurs in developers your options are lessened. Adding a small amount of classic Listerine might help with Diafine bath B.

jim appleyard · Jan 4, 2015

Alessandro Serrao said:
I don't think it's an organic growth.
I get this problem with Xtol and me too I'm using distilled water.
And, coincidence, the problem arises only with powder developers.
Maybe some kind of sequestring agent that can't do his job with distilled water, clumps and forms these floaters?

Do you get them using tap water?

It's suppose it's possible for this to happen with the pwder devs, IDK. I've always mixed the T2B and Diafine with distilled. Other devs I mix with tap water as I will go thru them quickly.

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