OwlnTigger
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Aug 18, 2012
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Had to evacuate my Convict out of very cloudy water with a whitish film on top. Anyone ever heard of this?
Shane87 said:What have you fed them? Anything different? When I feed my fish some foods I get an oily skin on top, could it be this?
Twoteccs said:I wouldn't start the whole tank over I'd just do a big water change
Shane87 said:That's why I never feed feeder fish, if I ever did I would quarantine them for at least a month, and I agree try a big water change like 75% put back treated water ( I use the api one to lower stress ) and on most bottles of BB it recommends dosing daily in some cases or double dosing for the 1st month or so. Are your fish in somewhere they can be kept for a while? Do you have a test kit?
librarygirl said:Could be surface scum (protein film); a lot of tanks have them. It could be from your feeding or from other things. Try some large water changes first and see if that helps. If not, you could look into using a protein/surface skimmer but if it just started then it might just be something related to feeding or the meds, etc and water changes might help.