Steen16

My betta tank has been running for a week now with Sid happily(used established gravel and filter)..
But im starting to notice a slightly transparent white film over everything. I scraped some of and it feels a bit slimey, what could this stuff be?
Do you think its harmfull? Its on thick on the heater suction cups.
Any help would be appreciated

luna

fishrule101

I think it fungus or something like that. I'm pretty sure its bad.

Butterfly

It's a type of algae, not harmful but not good looking. Shows up in fairly new tanks. Wipe it off and after a bit shouldn't come back as the tank stabilizes.
Carol

luna

Butterfly

I usually get it on the rubber/plastic parts in new tanks. Heater suction cups, bubbler tubes etc. May not be the same thing
carol

Steen16

Yea it must be. I get it on suction cups, air line tubing, and even the river stone substrate.. Yea its not very atractive and when you do a water change it gets all stirred up in the water and looks terable I wunder if there is a way to get rid of it?
I used to get it in my 65g I just left it then it went green(algae) and then the bn plecos ate it. But they didnt eat it when it was white.. Im thinking some type of snail could help get rid of it? Cause I have seen little snails eat it in my big tank..

Steen16

I will clean it of everything tonight because im doing a big change around for sid. Hes gonna have a couple of hours holiday in the QT tank well his house is under construction lol

jdhef

I was getting that in my 5 gallon acrylic tank that I used to have my betta in. I had always assumed it probably Aloe Vera from the Stress Coat I used to condition the water.

Steen16

It may be, because I use stress coat to condition my water for water changes in all my tanks and I get the white stuff in all my tanks, just realy bad in my betta tank

Fishies-for-me

My mystery snail eats it in the tanks they are in... I also wondered what it was and it really shows on the black rubber parts of equipment.

Phinny12

I grt that too..but not in my 55 Gal only in the small Betta tanks. I use those aquarium wipes to get it off.

Steen16

Well i put 2 snails in from my other tank.
I will watch the progress and see wether thats the best way of getting rid of it