What Are These Mushroom/umbrella Shaped Things In My Tank?!?

I'm getting increasingly anxious about these things because no one seems to know what they are.

Some info:
1. Started cycling with pure ammonia on Nov 15th
2. MopanI driftwood, pool filter sand, seachem stability and seachem flourish are being used
3. Added live plants on Nov 16th, cleaned well with tap water and added to tank
4. Noticed these things a day or so after adding the plants which started out on my hygro corymbosa but started showing up on other plants, driftwood and cave
5. Cleaned them off the glass yesterday and they haven't attached back to the glass
6. They seem almost clear, move with the current, don't react to touch, are not free swimming

The only thing remotely close to what they look like are rotifer colonies, but I have no idea as they don't look to be alive. First picture is with a magnifying glass and zoomed in camera.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated

 

Don't freak out they are probably just a hitchiker organism that came in with your plants. Do you have fish in the tank? If not, you can probably easily starve them out.

 

Don't freak out they are probably just a hitchiker organism that came in with your plants. Do you have fish in the tank? If not, you can probably easily starve them out.

I calmed down a bit since I posted this I have no fish, it's still cycling. I'm leaning more towards bacterial/fungus because they don't react to touch.

 

I dunno what it is but it's weird and interesting.

 

Close up picture of them on the driftwood.

 

Probably just a fungus. I'm sure a snail would love to eat them for you

 

I wonder if it's vorticella.

 

I vort so too.

 

I've heard about vorticella disease in shrimp. Is this the same thing that gets on them? I was going to get shrimp.. hm.

 

Vorticella is not a disease I don't think but is a protozoan that attaches to surfaces and filter feeds on microorganisms especially bacteria in the water. So it is an indicator of water quality in a way.

I believe it will up and move if there isn't enough food where it is attached. Otherwise it will stay put and bud off new Vorticella as it grows.

Yes they will live epiphytically on shrimp (or any surfaces) and probably get more food from living around the mouth of the shrimp.

I believe this is suspected of interfering with the shrimp feeding but not sure if this is proven.

It is easy to kill off the Vorticella with meds (or an aquarium salt bath) but its best to treat the cause which is excess nutrients and in turn excess bacteria.

I think fry will feed on Vorticella as I had them in my fry tank.

 

It is easy to kill off the Vorticella with meds (or an aquarium salt bath) but its best to treat the cause which is excess nutrients and in turn excess bacteria.

What kind of meds? My tank is currently cycling so that would be why there is nutrients and excess bacteria. I have plants so if I can get rid of them with something that is plant safe and filter media safe that would be great. I've noticed there isn't as many as there used to be. They seem to be turning brown and dying. There is still a decent amount though.

 

No meds, just be patient and improve your water quality.

If you are insisting on using chemicals you could look up what is available in Canada for killing protozoans. I think they are very easy to kill, but killing them will release food for something else.

This kind of proliferation of life is common with new setups. Some people get Diatoms covering everything with brown dust but they don't stick around thankfully. Same with fungus on bogwood, the bogwood isn't destroyed. I had Blue-Green algae bacteria coating everything in dark sheets for a couple of months. Its temporary. I know we live in a me now society but just give yourself time.

 

No meds, just be patient and improve your water quality.

If you are insisting on using chemicals you could look up what is available in Canada for killing protozoans. I think they are very easy to kill, but killing them will release food for something else.

This kind of proliferation of life is common with new setups. Some people get Diatoms but they don't stick around thankfully. Same with fungus on bogwood. I had Blue-Green algae bacteria. Its temporary.

I had accepted it until I realized it could be vorticella since I was planning on getting shrimp. I'm just worried that these things will hurt them since vorticella (i've read) can kill shrimp over time, but i've never heard of these things being all over the tank, only on the shrimp. I'm not planning on doing anymore water changes during the cycle. I did two and cleaned the glass and these things haven't gotten back on the glass yet.

Edit: I looked at it more and it seems to be mostly on decaying plant leaves and the driftwood. The plants that are doing very well do not even have 1 of them on it.