captaincritical
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello all,
This morning I noticed some white gunk growing on my driftwood. I'm at the very beginning stages of doing a fishless cycle. It's been 5 days and all I have is a slightly elevated ammonia reading (1.00ppm) It reads 0.25ppm straight from the tap - I'm guessing it's chloramine. I haven't added ammonia or food or anything, just the dirty-looking waste water from a plant I got at my LFS. I'm getting some seeded media from someone this weekend.
The only living thing I have in the tank is a Marimo Moss ball, which was ailing a little from too much light when I brought it home, but now looks much better since I moved it to a darker spot.
I'm treating with Prime and supplementing with Big Al's Bio Support. I did a 30% PWC yesterday because my driftwood is leaching tannins and I prefer my water more clear.
I've attached some pictures. What is this and should I be concerned?
This morning I noticed some white gunk growing on my driftwood. I'm at the very beginning stages of doing a fishless cycle. It's been 5 days and all I have is a slightly elevated ammonia reading (1.00ppm) It reads 0.25ppm straight from the tap - I'm guessing it's chloramine. I haven't added ammonia or food or anything, just the dirty-looking waste water from a plant I got at my LFS. I'm getting some seeded media from someone this weekend.
The only living thing I have in the tank is a Marimo Moss ball, which was ailing a little from too much light when I brought it home, but now looks much better since I moved it to a darker spot.
I'm treating with Prime and supplementing with Big Al's Bio Support. I did a 30% PWC yesterday because my driftwood is leaching tannins and I prefer my water more clear.
I've attached some pictures. What is this and should I be concerned?