hospital tank slime

[Meredith]

the whole inside of my hospital tank is FULL of slime. the filter is bogging down because it is SO slimy in there. (yes I cleaned it out today) Is this normal? I am treating with maracyn2 and melafix.

 

[Meredith]

I think I am going to go get a stronger filter today. I have had this one for over year and I think its not strong enough. I think its one of those whisper filters for a ten gallon.

 

[Nina]

How big is your tank? & is the filter cartridge clogged with it? Can you describe the 'slime'?

 

[Meredith]

ten gallon, filter clogged, just slimey, grose fuzzy whiteish looking stuff growing on everything. when I rinsed out the filter it was squishy. Anyway, I got a new filter today. will see if this improves anything

 

[Meredith]

well, the walls are still slimy but the water looks great!! I have the new filter running as well as the old one. The kind of filter I got is a corner filter. I have never seen these before. I wouldn't put it in my 55 but it works great for the ten.

 

[Guest]

kind of like white fuzz? I had that too in my hospital tank. Don't remeber if it was on the walls but it was on the bottom.

 

[Meredith]

Im assuming its algae. short white fuzzy algae. My ottos seemed to have taken care of the situation though. I think they are getting better.

 

[Guest]

I don't know if white algae exists, maybe fungus or residue from un eaten foods or something.