Strange White Thing In My Pump!

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• Feb 3, 2009

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Hi guys,

I arrived home today to find my pump making a very very odd noise.

I took the pump out and had a good look inside, using just some cold clean tapwater to wash it through. After a little rinsing a very odd white thing (pictured) dropped out of the bottom! It's about an inch long and quite squishy.

Any ideas what it might be? Or might have been? Do I need to do anything with my tank urgently?

Cheers for any help

Paul

 

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• Feb 3, 2009

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not sure but it looks minging!

 

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• Feb 3, 2009

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just looks like a piece of plastic

 

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thats what i thought, but unless its some very odd sort of sealant its just too squidgy - and how much squishy sealant plastic is in a pump?

 

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Any eggs got suck into the filter.

 

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i was thinking could it be some eggs but its 1" bit big for eggs?

 

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As far as I know I dont have any breeding fish.

The only other thing of note was a few brown speckles in some jelly like stuff stuck to the outside of the pump. I have recently had whitespot in the tank, I've never seen spores before but I read somewhere they were brown clumps so put it down to that

 

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Just wondered if they all got slushed up and stuck togther.

 

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its not a snail cluster is it?

 

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Sorry, I'm new to all these things, what's a snail cluster?

 

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snail eggs, i cant remember the proper name

 

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I wouldnt know snail eggs if i saw them, the thing on the outside of the pump may have been. The big white thing ... doesnt seem egg like to me, saying that I havent a clue what it could be so any guess is better than mine!

 

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The Pattern on the outside makes it seem like it has been molded some how.... I thknk it is synthetic! LOL, it is quite funny though!

 

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Thats settled then, synthetic it is ... I'll let you know if anythign else wierd happens!

Cheers for your help!!!

 

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• Feb 7, 2009

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Looks like a slug or jellyfish, which offcourse it's not funny looking thing you found lol.