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The oily film is most likely from the food you use, it's quite normal for this to happen. I have it on all my tanks. This is what you need, although it maybe a bit strong for a 3.3gal. You could muffle the flow with some filter sponge.....Hi, I have a 3.3 gal tank with a betta and two Borneo suckers. I started noticing an oily slick on the water surface and some one suggested that the water surface wasn't being moved enough. So I put in a temporary air stone and I have just bought a new filter (fluval u1). I got rid of the air stone as my betta wasn't really liking it too much and it was just taking up space, the surface of the water is moving much more now but the slick is still there. The heater and filter has been cleaned, there's no way it could be due to over feeding, the lights are on for a max of ten hours a day...but it just won't budge. I keep removing it and it keeps coming back. I do a 40% water change every 2-3 days and the tank is in my room. Could any one help? Thanks for reading
The oily film is most likely from the food you use, it's quite normal for this to happen. I have it on all my tanks. This is what you need, although it maybe a bit strong for a 3.3gal. You could muffle the flow with some filter sponge.....
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I plan on getting a few of them myself. Brian_Nano12g recommended it to me. He said they work great. If he thinks they are good, that's good enough for me....lolBrilliant! I'm glad to hear that it's normal and I will deffinately invest in something like this, perhaps even that one .