why does my uneaten food grow fungus? - Aquarium Advice

kaz · 03-25-2006, 01:04 AM

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**QTOFFER** · 03-25-2006, 01:27 AM

You mean uneaten food on the tank bottom? Don't your loaches eat it all? Maybe you're just feeding too much at a time.

Lonewolfblue · 03-25-2006, 01:39 AM

All uneaten food will grow fungus. If you have fungus on food, you are feeding too much.

kaz · 03-25-2006, 01:41 AM

this food was presenting to my gourami in QT about two to three days and it seems that he is not eaten it. so I am seeing it grow major fungus on it. I will do a vac tomorrow.

Andos99 · 03-25-2006, 01:42 AM

Is your question a joke?

03-25-2006, 05:08 AM

fungus grows on anything that rots... lol. Leave a sandwich in your refrigerator for a few weeks and see how much mold is on it then.

I found some spaghetti in my fridge that was 3 weeks old and it had a huge ball of fuzzy mold growing on it the size of a baseball! It was awesome... um... i mean gross.

**An t-iasg** · 03-25-2006, 01:04 PM

This is a valid question - you may be seeing more fungus in QT because you don't have any bottom feeders in there to eat the food quickly. What kind of filtration do you have on the QT?

The QT tank for my bettas is a 2.5 gallon mini-bow with the Whisper internal filter. I have the filter on the lowest setting for the bettas. I usually get a white, cottony-cloudy looking substance on the bottom of the tank. This substance forms around the fish waste and any uneaten food. I use a turkey baster to remove this cottony stuff every day that the fish is in QT.

IME this is not unusual in a QT tank, since in QT we often don't have the same filtration or tankmates as the main tank. Use your vac or a turkey baster to remove the fungus whenever you see it.

03-25-2006, 01:04 AM	#1
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03-25-2006, 01:39 AM	#3
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03-25-2006, 01:41 AM	#4
kaz Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,290	this food was presenting to my gourami in QT about two to three days and it seems that he is not eaten it. so I am seeing it grow major fungus on it. I will do a vac tomorrow. __________________ I thank you all for your attention and time! 75g/Rena Xp3/Inline Heater/Rena Air 200/Eco-Complete/Current Dual Daylight System 6 Rummy Nose, 9 Ottos, 2 Yoyo Loach, 1 Golden Nugget Pleco, 2 Julli's Cory, 4 Angelicus Botia, 1 Chocolate Kuhli Loach, 3 Ghost Shrimp, 1 SAE, 1 Black Mollie, 1 Redeye Swordtail Mollie, 1 C-Pleco, MTS, Guppy's Plants Argentine Sword, Amazon Sword, Micro Sword, Xmas Moss, Pennywort, Hornwort, Jave Fern, Baby Tears, Moneywort, Ludwigia, Wisteria, Giant Bacoba, Hygro 'Sunset'

03-25-2006, 01:42 AM	#5
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03-25-2006, 01:27 AM	#2
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,701 Images: 30	You mean uneaten food on the tank bottom? Don't your loaches eat it all? Maybe you're just feeding too much at a time.

03-25-2006, 05:08 AM	#6
Guest Posts: n/a	fungus grows on anything that rots... lol. Leave a sandwich in your refrigerator for a few weeks and see how much mold is on it then. I found some spaghetti in my fridge that was 3 weeks old and it had a huge ball of fuzzy mold growing on it the size of a baseball! It was awesome... um... i mean gross.

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