Bleeeeeeeh!

[Kitty_Nin]

Went to do a water change in my betta's 5 gallon tank and discovered that everything is covered in this nasty gooey slime! It's clear, with a very faint brown tinge up close. All my stats are normal. What is this gunk and how can I kill it!?!

 

[Mikaila31]

where is it growing? If its on plastic or silicon then thats normal. Don't know what it is though.....

 

[Kitty_Nin]

Someone at another site helped me identify my gunk. Thanks anyway.

 

[BigFairy]

oh? what was it?

 

[Kitty_Nin]

A kind of Diatom bloom that's feeding on the silica oin the glass and silicone in my new tank. The tank has a cycled filter and a filter that's becoming cycled in it, but it just happens with new silicone and such. Harmless and will work itself out when all the silica is gone.