Diva
Aquarium Advice Regular
Sorry to be so dramatic..
But seriously..
I have a 2 month old cycled tank, freshwater, 63 gallons, planted, driftwood, 5 cory pandas, 8 redtailed rasboras and a bunch of snails. I added 4 little pandas last week and they all died withing a few days - im guessing because the LFS guy nearly smashed them all to pieces as he was getting them out if his tank.
I cant find 2 of them - and believe me I have looked. But I know they are dead somewhere..sigh.
I have a little hydra and a little planaria - but I have cut back on feedings so they are diminishing now.
Now for the problem.
As I was vacuuming the gravel, I was trying to get this pinkish area. Its where I feed the corys (i feed them the green tabimin tabs from tetra). It looked like just some gick spread out over maybe 5 inches under the gravel in the front of the tank. Its hard to describe. Some parts looked like fuzz but alot looked like strands of human hair, pink/red in color.
I saw this before and it never seemed to be moving so I thought it was just waste from fish flakes or something.
But when I was rinsing the gravel vac, some little strands seemed to be slightly wiggling. Slightly - it was so yuck! Aaahhh!!!
So my concerns are now - WHAT IS THIS? AND CAN I GET IT??
My fiance had sucked on the vac tubing to get it started and of course now I am worried about him as wel...
Does anyone know what this is and if its communicable to humans?
For that matter - are there any little worms or whatnot that could be in my tank that are communicable?
I havent found any solid info on this -
I live in a foreign country where it would be very very hard to explain this to a doctor or lfs. let alone ask questions -
Also - it may not be exactly pink - could be a little orangy. I have white gravel and yellow/brown water from the driftwood so its hard to tell sometimes..
Please someone who knows better slap me and tell me Im being hysterical and there is nothing to worry about. ... 8O
Thanks in advance for any help...!
But seriously..
I have a 2 month old cycled tank, freshwater, 63 gallons, planted, driftwood, 5 cory pandas, 8 redtailed rasboras and a bunch of snails. I added 4 little pandas last week and they all died withing a few days - im guessing because the LFS guy nearly smashed them all to pieces as he was getting them out if his tank.
I cant find 2 of them - and believe me I have looked. But I know they are dead somewhere..sigh.
I have a little hydra and a little planaria - but I have cut back on feedings so they are diminishing now.
Now for the problem.
As I was vacuuming the gravel, I was trying to get this pinkish area. Its where I feed the corys (i feed them the green tabimin tabs from tetra). It looked like just some gick spread out over maybe 5 inches under the gravel in the front of the tank. Its hard to describe. Some parts looked like fuzz but alot looked like strands of human hair, pink/red in color.
I saw this before and it never seemed to be moving so I thought it was just waste from fish flakes or something.
But when I was rinsing the gravel vac, some little strands seemed to be slightly wiggling. Slightly - it was so yuck! Aaahhh!!!
So my concerns are now - WHAT IS THIS? AND CAN I GET IT??
My fiance had sucked on the vac tubing to get it started and of course now I am worried about him as wel...
Does anyone know what this is and if its communicable to humans?
For that matter - are there any little worms or whatnot that could be in my tank that are communicable?
I havent found any solid info on this -
I live in a foreign country where it would be very very hard to explain this to a doctor or lfs. let alone ask questions -
Also - it may not be exactly pink - could be a little orangy. I have white gravel and yellow/brown water from the driftwood so its hard to tell sometimes..
Please someone who knows better slap me and tell me Im being hysterical and there is nothing to worry about. ... 8O
Thanks in advance for any help...!