I've got it in 2/15 tanks, never seen it before. Assuming its some kind of algae.. Hoping its not a snail outbreak. Its covering any glass it can cling to. Fish are still healthy but its hard to see threw the junk.
Slimey wiggly white stuff on my glass?
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my guess is planeria , could be wrong though. its caused by overfeeding but with a couple good w/c can be gotten rid of
thats not it.. Its only on 2/15 tanks and its both of the ones I don't keep lights on. I do 20% waterchanges a day and I do my hardcore water changes probably once a week or every 2 weeks were I take 50-60% out and scrub my glass and every pieces.
20% wc a day and one 50-60 sounds nuts... i can only think it may be planaria atm but i dont see how it could be there with so many w/c's goin on... did you check your parameters?
QueenslandeR;1735728; said:
everything is normal, no new fish or anything. I do not think its planaria, The stuff on my tanks is way smaller than that and its not free swimming. Looks more like algae. I'm not worried about it, I'd just never seen it. My pleco's haven't touched it.
Bet its detritus worms. Check it out:
Annelids “Segmented Worms” - Including:
DETRITUS WORMS
The annelids are the phylum of segmented worms which includes earthworms. Most annelids are NOT purely aquatic in fresh water; the annelids found in freshwater are all oligochaetes (which means "few-bristled") and are not very important in the freshwater ecology as are their marine cousins, the polychaetes (which means "multi-bristled"), are in marine environments.
All the oligochaete worms are hermaphrodites (an organism that posses both male and female genitalia). Many are nearly microscopic too
Detritus Worms (from the group of worms called Oligochaetes, sub group naidid worms) are often misidentified in the aquarium hobby as Planaria without close inspection by many internet articles such as about.com.
Many of these worms are accidentally introduced by live plants, gravel (especially in the case of common Detritus Worms) live fish foods, and even brought in with fish transfers.
(Click picture to enlarge)
Many not familiar with Detritus worms will label these as everything form midge larvae, Planaria to baby earthworms, of which none is true. They are very common and most often seen during vacuuming and other cleaning procedures.
These worms generally are not a problem, however high numbers of particular species can indicate low oxygen levels and low filter productivity, which very often suggests some degree of pollution caused by poor cleaning procedures, over crowding, over feeding and poor filtration
Please reference these sources for even more identification (and further information so as to dispel the internet aquarium myth that these are Planaria):
Planaria
Aquatic Life: Worms ,
Oligochaeta Worms
Aquatic Worms
Source
http://aquarium-answers.blogspot.com...s-in-fish.html
Annelids “Segmented Worms” - Including:
DETRITUS WORMS
The annelids are the phylum of segmented worms which includes earthworms. Most annelids are NOT purely aquatic in fresh water; the annelids found in freshwater are all oligochaetes (which means "few-bristled") and are not very important in the freshwater ecology as are their marine cousins, the polychaetes (which means "multi-bristled"), are in marine environments.
All the oligochaete worms are hermaphrodites (an organism that posses both male and female genitalia). Many are nearly microscopic too
Detritus Worms (from the group of worms called Oligochaetes, sub group naidid worms) are often misidentified in the aquarium hobby as Planaria without close inspection by many internet articles such as about.com.Many of these worms are accidentally introduced by live plants, gravel (especially in the case of common Detritus Worms) live fish foods, and even brought in with fish transfers.
(Click picture to enlarge)
Many not familiar with Detritus worms will label these as everything form midge larvae, Planaria to baby earthworms, of which none is true. They are very common and most often seen during vacuuming and other cleaning procedures.
These worms generally are not a problem, however high numbers of particular species can indicate low oxygen levels and low filter productivity, which very often suggests some degree of pollution caused by poor cleaning procedures, over crowding, over feeding and poor filtration
Please reference these sources for even more identification (and further information so as to dispel the internet aquarium myth that these are Planaria):
Planaria
Aquatic Life: Worms ,
Oligochaeta Worms
Aquatic Worms
Source
http://aquarium-answers.blogspot.com...s-in-fish.html
I got 'em too. I understand they are virtually impossible to get rid of, and pretty normal, and totally harmless. mine stay in the gravel and are only visible when they are disturbed (vacuuming/water changes).