ok i need help ID something growing in my 40g

[zilla870]

ok here it is i dropped a aglae wharfer for my shrimp this morning around 10am and now it has this crap on it.

here is pic

 

[Bearfan]

Hard to tell from that pic. Looks like a broken wafer in the background, not foreground.

 

[zilla870]

the foreground jelly crap

 

[zilla870]

ok better pics

 

[Guest]

Some kind of bacteria, thats what grows on uneaten food. Make sure you gravel vac up crap like that and you will be fine.

 

[zilla870]

never had anything grow on uneaten food before scared the crap out of me

 

[Guest]

When I gravel vac I always get a few bits of uneaten food with bacteria on it, yours is just huge because it was a big piece of uneaten food.

 

[lyquidphyre]

I don't think that is bacteria tho since its jellylike...

im not positive on that tho

 

[Guest]

I don't think that is bacteria tho since its jellylike...

im not positive on that tho

What do you think it is then? Jello?

 

[zilla870]

and the amount of time it took to grow to that is very scary.

 

[lyquidphyre]

I don't think that is bacteria tho since its jellylike...

im not positive on that tho

What do you think it is then? Jello?

Don't be a wise-a$$

 

[mattrox]

It is a mould or fungus. It is furry and slimy. Just python it out. no harm, no foul, no blood, no ambulance.

 

[Felf]

i had that when i was fishless cycling my tank with fish food. just vac it and it'll be fine.

 

[zilla870]

thanks all.

 

[Devilishturtles]

It is a mould or fungus. It is furry and slimy

I agree. Funguses like this are quite common, and given the moist, warm environment you provided it with (your tank ) it's fast growth rate is quite normal.

 

[Fruitbat]

It looks a lot like a water mold (Saprolegnia or some relative). It has a tendency to grow rapidly on any piece of uneaten food and can also play merry hades with any open wound on a fish. Vacuuming it out will get rid of the unsightly 'jello'.

-Joe

 

[oldshell4481]

bacteria can grow very fast under good conditions, often times in my tank i will see a pellet of food floating around with that stuff on it, i believe it will eventually consume it. we grew bacteria in biology class overnight and we had huge cultures.

 

[ace1uno_00]

that looked nasty. I never have that uneaten food problem with my puffers. They're fat and eat EVERYTHING! lol

 

[rcjubei]

The Blob......
J/k.......
Drop another wafer in and watch what happens over time? This all happened over a 12hr period no? I usually clean up all uneaten food after 10 minutes. You can break tiny pieces of your wafer and scatter a few across your tank.

 

[madasafish]

And, with that fungus or bacteria on it, I think you'll find that NO fish will touch it. Def. best to get it out as soon as possible.