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@kmnagy It is a very faint tint in the corners and seems like it could be a gelatinous film. It's hard to see, but once you do see it you'll know what it is immediately. It is a bio-film that is bacterial...I think....or like an algae maybe, but it shouldn't be there. I was none the worse for it even though I found it probably a few days after it had begun to establish itself.

I feel that daily rinsing and refilling will take care of the problem in most cases, but it couldn't hurt to run a vinegar or light bleach solution into the chamber and swish it around once a week or so. Maybe even peroxide would do it, which so many of us have in our bathroom cupboards.

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@gloaming makes sense. From my studies in microbiology many many years ago, and you are spot on. It is a "pink" growing bacteria that likes moisture.... and people can find it often in their bathrooms/kitchen/tiles and can be taken care of with bleach etc. I would have to look up the specific name, it has been some 40 years... it is something like serratia or klebsiella or enterobacteria....anyway thanks again. Learning so much and making my brain active again :).