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I'd just net it out if its bothering you and just carry on.

odin wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019 17:09 I'd just net it out if its bothering you and just carry on.

It was meant as a worst case scenario.

Algae In Space wrote:

odin wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019 17:09 I'd just net it out if its bothering you and just carry on.

It was meant as a worst case scenario.

Yeah, always better to give some options

Melijayne wrote: ↑10 Jan 2019 19:09 Here you go, not sure if you can see it very well...

If you cause the water to move - by slightly shaking the tank, if the stuff is not completely stuck to the glass as in it's growing down the glass, then it might just be a bacteria biofilm.

When the water moves, the biofilm will move like very thin tagliatelle pasta being held at the waters edge, with the rest of it moving with the water.

thecollector wrote: ↑11 Jan 2019 20:44

Melijayne wrote: ↑10 Jan 2019 19:09 Here you go, not sure if you can see it very well...

If you cause the water to move - by slightly shaking the tank, if the stuff is not completely stuck to the glass as in it's growing down the glass, then it might just be a bacteria biofilm.

When the water moves, the biofilm will move like very thin tagliatelle pasta being held at the waters edge, with the rest of it moving with the water.

Oh my gosh this totally makes sense!! We moved house a week ago so the tank had to endure a car journey, so the water would definitely have been shaken up!

I'll scoop some out and do a water test to be sure.

On a side note, someone molted yesterday!!! Not sure which one but it was right at the front of the tank. Perfectly formed, and completely see through like a ghost. I thought another one had died!

Lol no that's normal behavior for them, you can leave the moult in and they will eat it for its nutrients.