An t-iasg
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Hi everyone,
I have a 5.5 gallon tank that I had two bettas in, now there is only one. I've noticed that when cleaning the tank and doing the gravel vacuum, there are several small, floating pieces of debris floating around. The water is not cloudy. I can't see these little pieces until I stir the gravel around. The pieces are not alive. I caught some of the bigger ones, and they rolled up into a little mucus ball or just disinigrated. Sorry to be graphic, but I thought I should describe it as best as I could.
When I cleaned yesterday, there were more pieces than usual. The betta hasn't been in the tank for about a week. He's in the critter keeper getting medicine. The ammonia was less than .25, maybe about .10. The other parameters were ok. There are no live plants in the tank, and every other week I take off the airline tubing and wipe algae off it. It's not major, though. I just don't like how it looks. The glass doesn't have algae on it.
There's a sponge filter in there. Do I need additional filtration to clear these pieces out? I feed the betta once a day, and he eats everything I give him, the little pig! So I'm pretty sure that I'm not overfeeding and no uneaten food is rotting down on the gravel.
I'm using all tap water right now. I was trying out the RO/tap mix but didn't do it yet because the betta isn't in the tank right now.
Any suggestions as to what this is or what I can do about it?
I have a 5.5 gallon tank that I had two bettas in, now there is only one. I've noticed that when cleaning the tank and doing the gravel vacuum, there are several small, floating pieces of debris floating around. The water is not cloudy. I can't see these little pieces until I stir the gravel around. The pieces are not alive. I caught some of the bigger ones, and they rolled up into a little mucus ball or just disinigrated. Sorry to be graphic, but I thought I should describe it as best as I could.
When I cleaned yesterday, there were more pieces than usual. The betta hasn't been in the tank for about a week. He's in the critter keeper getting medicine. The ammonia was less than .25, maybe about .10. The other parameters were ok. There are no live plants in the tank, and every other week I take off the airline tubing and wipe algae off it. It's not major, though. I just don't like how it looks. The glass doesn't have algae on it.
There's a sponge filter in there. Do I need additional filtration to clear these pieces out? I feed the betta once a day, and he eats everything I give him, the little pig! So I'm pretty sure that I'm not overfeeding and no uneaten food is rotting down on the gravel.
I'm using all tap water right now. I was trying out the RO/tap mix but didn't do it yet because the betta isn't in the tank right now.
Any suggestions as to what this is or what I can do about it?