This morning I noticed a slight film over my betta's tank. By looking it up, It said that it was from either an oil or protein build up. I haven't had this happen before.
This is a 10g tank holding 1 betta. I last changed the water 2wks ago ( i usually change evry 3wks)
I feed him fluval bug bites and North fin betta bits - I'm not sure if those are oily and could be the reason. I also don't have any nitrate issue ( literally stays at zero and have to add nitrates to feed my plants) so i'm not sure if it would be from oily poop. I use Easy Green fertilizer.
I heard you could absorb it with a paper towel, so that's what I did. Here's a photo of the section I didn't get to.
When i stir it with my finger, it clumps together.
I also read that it could be due to water flow, which would make sense because I just added a sponge to help slow it down (you can check my other threads). But my problem is that I would need to keep the sponge in because the slowness of the filter keeps my betta comfortable, so I'm more so looking for whats causing it and wanted to know how to cut it off from the source.
Is it dangerous to the fish? and how do I stop it?
This is a 10g tank holding 1 betta. I last changed the water 2wks ago ( i usually change evry 3wks)
I feed him fluval bug bites and North fin betta bits - I'm not sure if those are oily and could be the reason. I also don't have any nitrate issue ( literally stays at zero and have to add nitrates to feed my plants) so i'm not sure if it would be from oily poop. I use Easy Green fertilizer.
I heard you could absorb it with a paper towel, so that's what I did. Here's a photo of the section I didn't get to.
When i stir it with my finger, it clumps together.
I also read that it could be due to water flow, which would make sense because I just added a sponge to help slow it down (you can check my other threads). But my problem is that I would need to keep the sponge in because the slowness of the filter keeps my betta comfortable, so I'm more so looking for whats causing it and wanted to know how to cut it off from the source.
Is it dangerous to the fish? and how do I stop it?