WTF? - Aquarium Advice

mother · 10-09-2003, 05:01 PM

Hi all,

Got something weird in my gallery. It's the image labeled mystery.

This is an honest question, i'm new to all of this and appreciate any help or mocking you can provide, please explain the more fish owner oriented mocking so I can laugh too.

Mother

LondonGman · 10-09-2003, 05:30 PM

I have answered a similar question before and this is what i said

"If you did not buy them in the [acronym:458fb3144f="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:458fb3144f], and they do not look like babies of any of the organism you did buy; then that means they names are not on the guest list, and they have gatecrashed you tank party and should be bounced off the dance floor. I think??
Only the pretty ones should be allowed in. "

if you get Scottw68TN around he will "rough them up in the alley" too. [acronym:458fb3144f="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:458fb3144f]

see http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=9933

Allivymar · 10-09-2003, 06:14 PM

LMAO! I dunno whats funnier...the bouncer idea or the location (lawn guyland?! [acronym:9f055ab872="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:9f055ab872] You in Long Island mother?)

As for the mystery guest, does it move by itself at all? It sorta looks like a nematode, but if so, a pretty **** long one!

mother · 10-09-2003, 06:22 PM

I am on Long Island, one of the few places in this country where you don't live in, you live on. People live IN Clinton Iowa, however we live ON Long Island, do you live in Nantucket? or on Nantucket...I guess Rhode island would get an ON over IN too huh? dunno...anyway off the hijacking, and onto the original mystery.

It didn't seem to be moving, and it appeared to come from nowhere in a matter of like say an hour. It is gone now, but i'm wondering what it was. Also, I have considered the theory that it is nothing more then waste material that my giant comet relieved himself of, but being a newb fish owner, i've never seen clear waste.

Mother

Allivymar · 10-09-2003, 06:28 PM

Clear/white poo can be a sign of intestinal parasites, but I dunno if that was a poo...that was awful long [acronym:0edef1ef97="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:0edef1ef97] and would have taken a while to...erm...make its full appearance? I'm betting you would have seen it attached first.

Next time you gravel vac, take a good look at what comes up. If you see more of those its prob those nematodes (harmless, usually show up in tanks with messy eaters).

madasafish · 10-09-2003, 07:07 PM

Some filamentous algae looks like that. I have a bit of a (shameful) algae problem in my tank, and when I removed one of my filters, I noticed that the intake had some long stringy things on it that looked a lot like the.... wierd thing... in your tank. So, it could have been algae that was somehow plucked out of its usual place. They'll tend to grow that long if they're in a current.

But there are SOOO many forms of algae, none of which I really like! So I have no idea what species it is, if it is algae.

In terms of mocking. Gosh. A freebie? An opportunity to mock and not be reprimanded?

Well since you mentioned Nantucket, perhaps a limerick?

There was a young lass from Long Island (lad?)
Whose fish waste production was violent (read violand)
When asked what it was
She said "must be crap 'coz
What else do we have ON Long Island?"

Just a bit of Tri-State and waste-dump (lots of them on LI--just passed by a few a couple of weeks ago) humor. You're lucky you don't live in NJ!

(No offense intended!)

mother · 10-09-2003, 07:19 PM

[acronym:dcf5183d80="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:dcf5183d80] nice limerick...as far as waste dumps tho...not many that I know of out here, I know in Oceanside there are some, and Staten Island (we call it the perfume factory, the stink is enough to make you cram dead skunks and rotten fish in the air vents for relief) but I dunno if there are many more...never really thought of it...

What we consider to be crap here, well thats easy to spot:

Any kid with his pants around his mid thighs so we can see the brand of boxers he conveniently tucked his 8 sizes to big t-shirt into.

Low riding, rubber band tire having, folger coffee can sized exhaust pipe dragging, japanese made cars with lots of lame stickers, neon kits and wings that could keep a semi on the ground at 800 MPH. Usually on backwards creating lift instead of downforce...side note here folks...gonna slap a 4 foot tall 8 foot wide wing on a geo metro, how about making sure you read up on aerodynamics and downforce and physics first...just for me [acronym:dcf5183d80="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]k[/acronym:dcf5183d80]?

and last but not least, common to both NJ and Long Island, the breed I most closely associate with...the last of the long haired warriors...Nothing like running into a guy you haven't seen since you were in a mosh pit with them 15 yrs ago, and he looks like he's wearing the same clothes. Most likely he hasn't gotten so much as a trim since then so his hair is down to his knees, and he's whining about getting hassled by cops in his 1974 Monte Carlo that's painted flat black with skull stickers decorating the lower body panels.

BACK TO THE FISH:

It didn't move on its own and it was like 4 inches long. So I think it's not a nematode...altho...i'm not sure which is why im here.

It is in a new tank (less then two weeks old) so is it possible to grow a 4 inch long string of white algae in that time?

It is 4 inches long, which keeps me from thinking its any form of fish waste.

buh...who knows...glad its gone for now.

Mother

snapcrackler · 10-09-2003, 07:39 PM

Do you think it could have been a dead horsehair worm? Horsehair worms ride as parasites in crickets/grasshoppers, and when a carrier cricket/hopper hits water (toilet bowl - fidos water dish - etc) the horsehair worm will evacuate. Normally they writhe around but if that is indeed a horsehair worm then it was dead. I'm not saying theres crickets in your house or anything but I know the horsehair/cricket thing to be researched fact. So perhaps a cricket hopped in the tank and his passenger evacuated and died. Yes, this is a weird post and I am probably incorrect. But its worth a shot. I have seen different color (light and dark both) horsehairs in our pond. Here is a link...

http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/Nebline/HorseHairWorm.htm
PS your section on "fast and furious" wannabes is pretty hilarious.. hehe.. we have our share here too (IA) I like to watch them get pulled over after the "backwards hat" wearing kids do stuff like blowing through a stoplight at 80mph.

madasafish · 10-09-2003, 08:05 PM

Yeah, the ones I've driven to are around Jamaica Bay (so Queens, technically). Still, same island. They have a pretty extensive program going on now since Fresh Kills was closed after 9/11 wreckage filled it up. I think a lot of NYC's garbage is going to Western Long Island now.

jsoong · 10-09-2003, 10:22 PM

Actually goldie waste can get quite long when they are constipated. My 2" fantail sometimes trails poop that is 3" long or more!

Long white, stringy waste, esp zigzag looking ones, may be reabsorbed eggs that is being expelled .. if your's is a female, that may be it.

10-09-2003, 05:01 PM	#1
mother Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lawn guyland NY Posts: 19 Images: 8	WTF? Hi all, Got something weird in my gallery. It's the image labeled mystery. This is an honest question, i'm new to all of this and appreciate any help or mocking you can provide, please explain the more fish owner oriented mocking so I can laugh too. Mother

10-09-2003, 05:30 PM	#2
LondonGman Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leytonstone, London Posts: 224 Images: 2	I have answered a similar question before and this is what i said "If you did not buy them in the [acronym:458fb3144f="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:458fb3144f], and they do not look like babies of any of the organism you did buy; then that means they names are not on the guest list, and they have gatecrashed you tank party and should be bounced off the dance floor. I think?? Only the pretty ones should be allowed in. " if you get Scottw68TN around he will "rough them up in the alley" too. [acronym:458fb3144f="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:458fb3144f] see http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=9933 __________________ old signature here my fish tank

10-09-2003, 06:14 PM	#3
Allivymar Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,355 Images: 15	LMAO! I dunno whats funnier...the bouncer idea or the location (lawn guyland?! [acronym:9f055ab872="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:9f055ab872] You in Long Island mother?) As for the mystery guest, does it move by itself at all? It sorta looks like a nematode, but if so, a pretty **** long one! __________________ aka Cycling Guru and the Ich Slayer glares at Terry and QTOFFER Card carrying member of FTAS & GCAS.

10-09-2003, 06:28 PM	#5
Allivymar Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: NY Posts: 4,355 Images: 15	Clear/white poo can be a sign of intestinal parasites, but I dunno if that was a poo...that was awful long [acronym:0edef1ef97="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:0edef1ef97] and would have taken a while to...erm...make its full appearance? I'm betting you would have seen it attached first. Next time you gravel vac, take a good look at what comes up. If you see more of those its prob those nematodes (harmless, usually show up in tanks with messy eaters). __________________ aka Cycling Guru and the Ich Slayer glares at Terry and QTOFFER Card carrying member of FTAS & GCAS.

10-09-2003, 07:07 PM	#6
madasafish Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NY, NY Posts: 2,260 Images: 73	Some filamentous algae looks like that. I have a bit of a (shameful) algae problem in my tank, and when I removed one of my filters, I noticed that the intake had some long stringy things on it that looked a lot like the.... wierd thing... in your tank. So, it could have been algae that was somehow plucked out of its usual place. They'll tend to grow that long if they're in a current. But there are SOOO many forms of algae, none of which I really like! So I have no idea what species it is, if it is algae. In terms of mocking. Gosh. A freebie? An opportunity to mock and not be reprimanded? Well since you mentioned Nantucket, perhaps a limerick? There was a young lass from Long Island (lad?) Whose fish waste production was violent (read violand) When asked what it was She said "must be crap 'coz What else do we have ON Long Island?" Just a bit of Tri-State and waste-dump (lots of them on LI--just passed by a few a couple of weeks ago) humor. You're lucky you don't live in NJ! (No offense intended!) __________________ [acronym:3ff24413a5="Malaysian Trumpet Snails or Multiple Tank Syndrome, depending on context"]MTS[/acronym:3ff24413a5] is a blessing, not a disease.

10-09-2003, 06:22 PM	#4
mother Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lawn guyland NY Posts: 19 Images: 8	I am on Long Island, one of the few places in this country where you don't live in, you live on. People live IN Clinton Iowa, however we live ON Long Island, do you live in Nantucket? or on Nantucket...I guess Rhode island would get an ON over IN too huh? dunno...anyway off the hijacking, and onto the original mystery. It didn't seem to be moving, and it appeared to come from nowhere in a matter of like say an hour. It is gone now, but i'm wondering what it was. Also, I have considered the theory that it is nothing more then waste material that my giant comet relieved himself of, but being a newb fish owner, i've never seen clear waste. Mother

10-09-2003, 07:19 PM	#7
mother Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: lawn guyland NY Posts: 19 Images: 8	[acronym:dcf5183d80="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:dcf5183d80] nice limerick...as far as waste dumps tho...not many that I know of out here, I know in Oceanside there are some, and Staten Island (we call it the perfume factory, the stink is enough to make you cram dead skunks and rotten fish in the air vents for relief) but I dunno if there are many more...never really thought of it... What we consider to be crap here, well thats easy to spot: Any kid with his pants around his mid thighs so we can see the brand of boxers he conveniently tucked his 8 sizes to big t-shirt into. Low riding, rubber band tire having, folger coffee can sized exhaust pipe dragging, japanese made cars with lots of lame stickers, neon kits and wings that could keep a semi on the ground at 800 MPH. Usually on backwards creating lift instead of downforce...side note here folks...gonna slap a 4 foot tall 8 foot wide wing on a geo metro, how about making sure you read up on aerodynamics and downforce and physics first...just for me [acronym:dcf5183d80="Kelvin or Potassium, depending on context"]k[/acronym:dcf5183d80]? and last but not least, common to both NJ and Long Island, the breed I most closely associate with...the last of the long haired warriors...Nothing like running into a guy you haven't seen since you were in a mosh pit with them 15 yrs ago, and he looks like he's wearing the same clothes. Most likely he hasn't gotten so much as a trim since then so his hair is down to his knees, and he's whining about getting hassled by cops in his 1974 Monte Carlo that's painted flat black with skull stickers decorating the lower body panels. BACK TO THE FISH: It didn't move on its own and it was like 4 inches long. So I think it's not a nematode...altho...i'm not sure which is why im here. It is in a new tank (less then two weeks old) so is it possible to grow a 4 inch long string of white algae in that time? It is 4 inches long, which keeps me from thinking its any form of fish waste. buh...who knows...glad its gone for now. Mother

10-09-2003, 07:39 PM	#8
snapcrackler Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,286 Images: 21	Do you think it could have been a dead horsehair worm? Horsehair worms ride as parasites in crickets/grasshoppers, and when a carrier cricket/hopper hits water (toilet bowl - fidos water dish - etc) the horsehair worm will evacuate. Normally they writhe around but if that is indeed a horsehair worm then it was dead. I'm not saying theres crickets in your house or anything but I know the horsehair/cricket thing to be researched fact. So perhaps a cricket hopped in the tank and his passenger evacuated and died. Yes, this is a weird post and I am probably incorrect. But its worth a shot. I have seen different color (light and dark both) horsehairs in our pond. Here is a link... http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/Nebline/HorseHairWorm.htm PS your section on "fast and furious" wannabes is pretty hilarious.. hehe.. we have our share here too (IA) I like to watch them get pulled over after the "backwards hat" wearing kids do stuff like blowing through a stoplight at 80mph.

10-09-2003, 08:05 PM	#9
madasafish Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NY, NY Posts: 2,260 Images: 73	Yeah, the ones I've driven to are around Jamaica Bay (so Queens, technically). Still, same island. They have a pretty extensive program going on now since Fresh Kills was closed after 9/11 wreckage filled it up. I think a lot of NYC's garbage is going to Western Long Island now. __________________ [acronym:3ff24413a5="Malaysian Trumpet Snails or Multiple Tank Syndrome, depending on context"]MTS[/acronym:3ff24413a5] is a blessing, not a disease.

10-09-2003, 10:22 PM	#10
jsoong Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 1,894	Actually goldie waste can get quite long when they are constipated. My 2" fantail sometimes trails poop that is 3" long or more! Long white, stringy waste, esp zigzag looking ones, may be reabsorbed eggs that is being expelled .. if your's is a female, that may be it. __________________ 75 gal FW with 30 gal DIY wet/dry/sump. 9 fancy golds, 1 hillstream loaches, 1 rubber-lip pleco (C. thomasi), 3 SAEs, planted.

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