GettoLoser
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Feb 7, 2014
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Hi, Sorry to bother all that reads this, but I was wondering if anyone can help me.
I am new to this site, and I think I am posting in the correct place, if not I am extremely sorry.
My problem is that I am having this growth of white fuzz looking things on my glass, and anything glass like the thermometer in the tank as well. It does not seem to be growing on anything else. It moves slowly waving back and forth in the water.
It is not slimy to touch, its not rough...I actually cant feel it, but trying to get rid of it us quite difficult. I have to scrub with quite alot of pressure, and if using a mag-float(magnetic glass cleaner) it takes 10-12 times of back and forth movement to remove it.
It also comes back fast. I clean the glass around 1am, I wake up at around 8am and its all back almost.
It is a 36 Gallon Tank.
I have 2 Hang on the Back Filters. 1 Aquaclear 50/ 1 Marineland Bio wheel for upto 50gallon.
I use API water conditioner to treat my water, and then I use API stresscoat after each water change.
I have done about 4-5 Water changes in the last 3 weeks, almost 50% water changes each time.
Light is only on for 6/8 hours.. I even kept the light off for 3 days..and the only light it got was from my lamp.
I currently have 1 medium sized Angle Fish, 3 Emerald Catfish/ 3 Albino Cat fish/ and 4 Male Fancy Guppies.
Iv had this tank for about 3 months, Iv had the fish for 5 from a smaller tank I upgraded. This problem started about 1 month ago.
I have a heater installed that's rated for a 30 Gallon tank,,(my tank is 36gallons)
Also I use test strips to test my water, and all my parameters seem fine... Low to None in Nitrates and Nitrites. pH is slightly Acidic towards 6.5
Also to keep Nitrates and Nitrites low I use API Nitra-Zorb, which I place in my filter behind my carbon filter.
I also use Acurel F (water Cleaner) and sometimes also use Prime brand Water conditioner.
I only have 1 live plant, which is a Moss ball from Petsmart.
There is 1 air stone making bubbles, i have even replaced the stone and air pipe twice in case it had growth on it that was causing this white fuzz.
Iv reduced feeding, and even now skipping days and feeding every other day.
Below I am giving some pictures, as I know it is very hard to diagnose these things over the internet.
Iv tried to be as detail as possible, but please feel free to ask me if I did mention something that is needed..
And thank you for taking the time for reading this, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Side note, I have a 10gallon tank with a small Blue Electric crayfish/lobster, and this same problem occurred. The lobster was originally in the 36 gallon, until he tired to eat the fish so I moved him. So I thought maybe the Lobster was the cause of the white stuff since it happened in his new 10 gallon tank. But to fix that problem, I took out the lobster and Washed all the Gravel and tank and everything in the 10 gallon tank with hot water scrubbed good, and then re-set up the tank, and now its gone and has not come back. ( So maybe it wasnt the lobster??)
But I would like to try not to empty out my entire 36gallon and all the fish to fix this problem. Thanks again.
I am new to this site, and I think I am posting in the correct place, if not I am extremely sorry.
My problem is that I am having this growth of white fuzz looking things on my glass, and anything glass like the thermometer in the tank as well. It does not seem to be growing on anything else. It moves slowly waving back and forth in the water.
It is not slimy to touch, its not rough...I actually cant feel it, but trying to get rid of it us quite difficult. I have to scrub with quite alot of pressure, and if using a mag-float(magnetic glass cleaner) it takes 10-12 times of back and forth movement to remove it.
It also comes back fast. I clean the glass around 1am, I wake up at around 8am and its all back almost.
It is a 36 Gallon Tank.
I have 2 Hang on the Back Filters. 1 Aquaclear 50/ 1 Marineland Bio wheel for upto 50gallon.
I use API water conditioner to treat my water, and then I use API stresscoat after each water change.
I have done about 4-5 Water changes in the last 3 weeks, almost 50% water changes each time.
Light is only on for 6/8 hours.. I even kept the light off for 3 days..and the only light it got was from my lamp.
I currently have 1 medium sized Angle Fish, 3 Emerald Catfish/ 3 Albino Cat fish/ and 4 Male Fancy Guppies.
Iv had this tank for about 3 months, Iv had the fish for 5 from a smaller tank I upgraded. This problem started about 1 month ago.
I have a heater installed that's rated for a 30 Gallon tank,,(my tank is 36gallons)
Also I use test strips to test my water, and all my parameters seem fine... Low to None in Nitrates and Nitrites. pH is slightly Acidic towards 6.5
Also to keep Nitrates and Nitrites low I use API Nitra-Zorb, which I place in my filter behind my carbon filter.
I also use Acurel F (water Cleaner) and sometimes also use Prime brand Water conditioner.
I only have 1 live plant, which is a Moss ball from Petsmart.
There is 1 air stone making bubbles, i have even replaced the stone and air pipe twice in case it had growth on it that was causing this white fuzz.
Iv reduced feeding, and even now skipping days and feeding every other day.
Below I am giving some pictures, as I know it is very hard to diagnose these things over the internet.
Iv tried to be as detail as possible, but please feel free to ask me if I did mention something that is needed..
And thank you for taking the time for reading this, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Side note, I have a 10gallon tank with a small Blue Electric crayfish/lobster, and this same problem occurred. The lobster was originally in the 36 gallon, until he tired to eat the fish so I moved him. So I thought maybe the Lobster was the cause of the white stuff since it happened in his new 10 gallon tank. But to fix that problem, I took out the lobster and Washed all the Gravel and tank and everything in the 10 gallon tank with hot water scrubbed good, and then re-set up the tank, and now its gone and has not come back. ( So maybe it wasnt the lobster??)
But I would like to try not to empty out my entire 36gallon and all the fish to fix this problem. Thanks again.
