For the past 2 months I have been battling this white stuff growing all over the rocks, snails, and glass of the tank. It looks almost like dandelion seeds but with snowflakes on the end. I can completely clean all the glass and in 2 days the white spots reappear and in 7 days it is completely covered and they are 1/4 inch long.
The first time I noticed it, some bluegills got sick at the same time. A few of them had a white coat, and later started bleeding and died.
I have tried:
- Pimafix
- Melafix
- Soaking plants in 120 F water for 2 hours
- Using a butane torch to burn it off the rocks
- Putting the snails under a heat lamp to dry them off
The only thing that works is physically scraping the white stuff off. I do water changes every few days. I can completely remove 90% of the water, clean the glass, and 2 days later the glass is coated in spots.
It covering a 1 inch snail:
This is an extreme closeup of it growing on the glass:
Blurrier pictures of it on plants:
The first time I noticed it, some bluegills got sick at the same time. A few of them had a white coat, and later started bleeding and died.
I have tried:
- Pimafix
- Melafix
- Soaking plants in 120 F water for 2 hours
- Using a butane torch to burn it off the rocks
- Putting the snails under a heat lamp to dry them off
The only thing that works is physically scraping the white stuff off. I do water changes every few days. I can completely remove 90% of the water, clean the glass, and 2 days later the glass is coated in spots.
It covering a 1 inch snail:
This is an extreme closeup of it growing on the glass:
Blurrier pictures of it on plants:
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