gordius29

I have kept freshwater fish for over 25 years but have recently found a problem I,ve never seen before. there is a white powder that looks like flour or talcum powder only on the surface, the water is clear the fish are healthy, they eat it when they are fed with no ill effects. it looks like a mould or mildew problem, but nothing works to get rid of it, I have a friend in the trade and he has seen nothing like it either, we have tried everything we can think of without success. can any one help. It is a slightly acid amazon type 4ftx2ft with a few other various fish, I know it is healthy as I have a black ghost knife fish and other sensitive fish and they show no problems. I hope there is someone out there who can help. love and thanks

Lucy

Welcome to FishLore!!
Hope you don't mind, I moved your thread into the disease section of the forum. I've also removed your personal information.
FishLore is a public website and can be accessed through various search engines.
I'd hate to see you get spammed.

If anyone can help, they can just post here in your thread.

Good luck!

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!!!
Could it just be surface scum? is there an airstone to move around the surface of the water ? also, sometimes the conditioners we use will build up without the surface being agitated

Goldwing_Don

Welcome to fishlore gordius29!!! enjoy lots of good info here.

gordius29

as you can obviously tell I havnt got a clue, so thanks for removing whatever you did so I dont get loads of spam [ I dont even know what you've done, or what I did wrong ] I wont be doin any banking or buying for quite a while. Thanks again for what you did for a total stranger. look after yourself your one of the good ones.

thanks but its not that simple. I've got 2, 4 inch air stones and the power filter moves the surface. its definately some sort of fungus, but just on the surface, it looks like a handfull of talcum powder has been thrown onto the water. thanks anyway

Lucy

Your welcome! I removed your e-mail address...bots often scan websites, forums and such for e-mail adresses.
Good info from Shawnie above, give that a try

gordius29

thanks mate, this is the 1st time I've done this talkin to lots of people at once and it will take a while to master it.

I dont know what a bot is apart from I,m sat on mine and avnt got much more of an idea what I'm doin. I would love to vote in your thingy but dont know how. have fun.

Butterfly

Welcome to fishLore! We have members of all ages and experience levels from all over the world so come on in

Don't worry about what you don't know how to do. You will learn as you go along and we really have helpful members. We will also give you tips once in awhile to help you get your posts how and where they need to be. Such as Lucy moving your thread so it will get more attention. Also when adding information within a couple of minutes use the edit button(bottom right of window) to add it all in one window.
So just remember you are among friends and fellow hobbyist. Come and enjoy the hobby with us.

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Carol

Lucy

You'll get the hang of it. Everyone starts some where, in my opinion this is the best place to start. Many members have their first experience with not only fish but computers and forums here.
We'll be happy to help you along the way.

Spammers scan the internet with programs (bot) that can recognize an e-mail address (@ whatever) and store it. They then automatically send out spam to those addresses (ads, scams etc)

gordius29

thanks for the encouragement. I'm gettin it slowly. but I will suss it out eventually.

aquarist48

Welcome to Fish Lore Gordius.
Ken

Butterfly

Take your time if you need anything just yell
Carol

gordius29

hi ken, thanks 4 the reply. just 1 big problem, I'll suss it somehow.

gordius29

thanks carol, I appreciate that. you may regret that offer of help, I may pester you with annoying questions as I am so useless with this thing. give me an engine and a set of spanners and I'm much happier. thanks again gordius

Butterfly

LOL pester away

bolivianbaby

Welcome to Fishlore!

Furallicah

Hello Gordius, and Welcome to FishLore. I wanted to ask a few questions about your tank. I love a challange. So how many fish are in your tank and what species. In your aquarium info you said you didnt need water conditioners or test kits...may I ask why? Also your info says your water is slightly acidic, whats the exact number. Sorry for bombing your with a million questions...this sounds very interesting to me.