What the Heck is that!?!

[joedarat]

hey, just got back from a week in the north woods of wisconsin.. and what do i find on my 5 1/2 gal ?? !!! what is this? it is (growing?) on the intake of the filter.

it sorta looks like a dirty cluster of cotton. dunno? any thoughts? oh my bro was here twice this week to drop measured amounts of food for the 4 endlers and 2 b.bee gobys that live in the tank

 

[Jchillin]

Really can't see the subject to well. Perhaps if you describe the perspective?

 

[Guest]

It looks like your tank is completely black, is that the problem you are having

 

[joedarat]

maybe it's the brightness of the pic? i'll try to get a better one up.. sorry..

 

[mr86mister]

well it looks like your filter is clogged for now, it could be something rotting in there....might just be a prime build-up of bacteria

 

[Meredith]

What ever it is, it looks icky. Get it out of there!

 

[Toirtis]

Something decomposing...could be left-over food, or plant matter....or a fish (missing anyone?).

 

[lyquidphyre]

From what I can tell, it looks like what my boyfriends heater did before we bought a new one... it would just collect this white, crusty gunkiness that we'd have to wash off

 

[DeFeKt]

What do u feed them, my fish spit out the fat from fresh meat, and it sits on the filter intake looks similar to what you described.

 

[greenmaji]

It looks like a dead fish to me...

 

[ace1uno_00]

It looks like some algae with bacteria growth.