Pink algae in incubator

[Qualien]

I've been chain hatching in two incubators. My main incubator (not the hatching one) I've discovered pink algae growing in it. I cleaned it out immediately when I noticed it. The incubator is a nurture right 360. I'm concerned this algae may affect my hatch rate. I've read that pink algae isn't actually an algae, but a bacteria. Does anyone have experience with this kind of algae/bacteria? Will it lower my hatch rate? What can I do to prevent it from happening again?

 

[TJAnonymous]

I've been chain hatching in two incubators. My main incubator (not the hatching one) I've discovered pink algae growing in it. I cleaned it out immediately when I noticed it. The incubator is a nurture right 360. I'm concerned this algae may affect my hatch rate. I've read that pink algae isn't actually an algae, but a bacteria. Does anyone have experience with this kind of algae/bacteria? Will it lower my hatch rate? What can I do to prevent it from happening again?

I can't answer your question about hatch rates but I had the same thing in my NR 360. At my old house, I used to get the pink slime on my cats water bowls. Since I moved to this place, I haven't seen it at all until I saw it in the incubator a few days ago as I was cleaning it. I didn't see it while I was incubating, only afterwards. I used a new jug of Distilled water with the incubator so I'm not sure where it came from. I washed the incubator with hot soapy water and sprayed it with bleach cleaner.

 

[MGG]

I've seen the pink stuff before too. Incubation conditions are perfect to grow most anything, esp. bacteria. Just clean the incubator very well with bleach afterwards. It won't affect your hatch rate if you keep your incubator very clean. Removing chicks as soon as they hatch helps, because they won't poop in there, which will keep it much cleaner.