Umm, WTH is this?!?!?! HeLP!!

[1FatFish]

I was doing a water change today and noticed a two greayish white "balls" in mt tank about 4 inches apart from eachother. They are small (about 1 - 1.5 inches in diamter) and have white fuzz on them that kinda looks like mold? What is it?
I currently have 6 neons and 1 catfish in the tank.. HeLP!
They are laying next to a peice of driftwood and some plants kind of in the shade..

This is a 55gal tank..

TIA,
Richie

 

[Fruitbat]

1FatFish....

Probably some uneaten food or other organic material that has an aquatic fungus like Saprolegnia growing on it. You should be able to simply vacuum them out...problem solved!

 

[madasafish]

Agreed. Things fungus up *very* quickly under water. This is almost certailnly what's happened here.

 

[1FatFish]

Ahh yes, thank you all for the help... I removed them, and it was uneaten algae wafers that my catfish failed to finish.. Damn, I thought he loved those things.. Guess not :+)

Thank you all..
Richie

 

[madasafish]

I find that they lose interest in algae wafers that have lost their rigidity. After a few hours, the wafers get ignored by my catfish. Make sure to feed fewer at a time, and check that they're being eaten.