Today I went to do my weekly water change on my ten gallon aquarium and this time it was super dirty. Just curious if I went too long without changing the media. Here is a pic I took it started to get like a white and drippy kind of substance (beneficial bacteria?) all over and when I slosh in water tons of particles come off (also beneficial bacteria?) So far I have cleaned the filter pad by sloshing it around the tank water I that I removed from water change. I cleaned the filter housing and put the filter back in.
as a side note I had some lava rock filled with same white substance (beneficial bacteria?) as filter media and I took it out and put it into my new aquarium to help with cycling. Is this effective at helping the cycle?
as a side note I had some lava rock filled with same white substance (beneficial bacteria?) as filter media and I took it out and put it into my new aquarium to help with cycling. Is this effective at helping the cycle?