I guess I have been going overboard with my feedings lately. I was just trying to get some filter maintenance in before bed and found white fungus when I opened my Fluval404. It isn't rampant, but there were numerous spots of the stuff. I have been trying a dif feeding and WC schedule lately: two a day feedings with 2-3x per week 35-50% water changes. I don't necessarily think it is a bad schedule, but I think I may have to turn off filters from now on or add food more slowly. The filters ate the food before my fish could get to it. My question now is: How do I deal with it? Do I just reduce feedings and keep tank clean otherwise and it will go away? Or do I need to treat with any fungicides? Will adding carbon help at all? I don't use much as of now (almost none). Just clean the filter out the normal, nonbacteria-killing way? Or sterilize the durn thing? Any tips would help.
Help! Fungus in my filter
- Thread starter lujor
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Clean them off and feed sparingly. Turning off filters during feeding time is fine but the downside is you may forget to turn them on.
I will try to feed slower and/or less, but I run 5 filters on the tank (2 HOBs and 3 Fluval 404s) so I would prefer to not have to turn all off.