I've been researching plus my general knowledge and I'm coming up blank to what these teeeeny tiny little particles are. Nothing in any answers make sense to my setup. Help!
I had to quarantine my few community fish and pleco due to an ich outbreak about 5 days ago. They went into a quarantine 30 gallon with aerator, and heater at 86 with methyline blue dosing. They are all doing great. That's not the problem haha. I let my 55 sit for 4 days to rid that tank of any left over ich. Increased heat, water change, etc, with no live hosts. So that tank should be clear and good to go. The 55 was looking great, again, no fish, tests perfect for all parameters. Now these white particles appeared overnight. It's not a bacterial bloom (I've had a lot of experience with that). I don't have any new decor or plants, all that's in there is gravel, filtration, heater and aerator. I ended up taking out all decor 5 days ago to let it d9ry up and kill any parasites. Anyway, these white particles are very small, not animated, don't really look like fungus but I also don't know where any fungus would have come from. When I first noticed them, they were all over the sides of the tank, my thermometer, etc. I used a gentle algae scrubber to get them all off the sides. It's just really weird. Help?
Sorry for the poor quality video!
I had to quarantine my few community fish and pleco due to an ich outbreak about 5 days ago. They went into a quarantine 30 gallon with aerator, and heater at 86 with methyline blue dosing. They are all doing great. That's not the problem haha. I let my 55 sit for 4 days to rid that tank of any left over ich. Increased heat, water change, etc, with no live hosts. So that tank should be clear and good to go. The 55 was looking great, again, no fish, tests perfect for all parameters. Now these white particles appeared overnight. It's not a bacterial bloom (I've had a lot of experience with that). I don't have any new decor or plants, all that's in there is gravel, filtration, heater and aerator. I ended up taking out all decor 5 days ago to let it d9ry up and kill any parasites. Anyway, these white particles are very small, not animated, don't really look like fungus but I also don't know where any fungus would have come from. When I first noticed them, they were all over the sides of the tank, my thermometer, etc. I used a gentle algae scrubber to get them all off the sides. It's just really weird. Help?
Sorry for the poor quality video!
