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I have a cloudy film on top of my water. Not sure what it is. My conditions are good (ph 8.2, trite 0, trate 0 and ammonia 0). I've not over fed. I just noticed it recently. Is this a bad thing.
If you do not have anything skimming off the top surface of the water and your ph's are not giveing a good ripple effect on the topof the water you can collect a thin film as you describe.
My tank gets this also...I have a really dinky air driven skimmer that I have pretty much decided might make a good rifle target but not much else. I use a Python ( or Lee) faucet pump, which is basically a venturi, to pull water from the tank when I do a water change. I run the end of the hose just under the surface so that it pulls most of this stuff out. That seems to work really well...might be something to try. Mine seems to only get bad if I overdo the invert food.
Logan J
I take it that you do not have a sump? If you get one in the future, you may not ever have to worry about film on top of the water because of the over flow....It will remove the film. If you do not have one, or plan to not get one, the advice you got before is good. Another thought though. You could try a pair of ladies panty hose streched over a painted coat hanger...Makes a great hand skimmer...JMO
You wouldn't believe the strange looks you'll get when you ask your wife for an old pair of pantyhose and tell her you need them for the aquarium.
Logan J