Monday, May 24, 2010

I have this beige feathery stuff in my freshwater tank.what could it be??

I only have 8 mollies and 3 snail and one plastic plant..it started about 3 days ago..it is fluffy looking and slightly red-beige.

It is on the bottom of the tank and some has attached itself to a large rock and the plastic plant.
Answers:
old food that is decomposing. Mollies give live birth, so it cannot be eggs
it could be their eggs to one of the fish, possibly algae or maybe even mold-which is not as possible as the other two
My best guess is: algae. esp. if its attached to rock and plants and its stringy. The truth is, you're bound to get algae sometime in a tank. to get rid of it:
do not turn on the light in the tank. or you could get one of the algae out products.
its algae, clean out your pump
This is probably food that has not been eaten. Consider giving less food to your fish because they are not eating it all. Fish should only be fed what they can eat in 5 minutes, 2 times per day. Just clean the tank and it should go away.

Just a note: Be careful with snails, they multiply like crazy and too many snails can agitate the fish.

Hope this helps!! :0)

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