still a cloudy tank

[fishywishy]

hi again

i've posted a while ago that i had a cloudy tank, but all bacteria lvls were fine, i've changed some water, but i was wondering what this layer of slime? (a bit silmey) is... might it be that we put too much anti stress in when adding the fish? its called "stress coat"

any ideas??

 

[gadazobe]

When you say

all bacteria lvls were fine

- do you mean ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels?
What's the colour of the slime, it might be algae.

 

[Narayan]

If you have just set up the tank, then it will take a while to settle down.
Did you wash your gravel/sand?

 

[sakaspuds]

try getting a plec, they will eat all the slime

 

[fishywishy]

its a white colour slime and i did wash the gravel.. and yes the ammonia, nitrites and nitrates lvls are fine...

my friend the cloudyness could be due to teh gravel.. but then not sure about the white colour silme..

 

[gadazobe]

Is the slime on the fish or tank ornaments?

 

[fishywishy]

on the tank and i presume on teh onaments as well becuase teh tubing of the air pump had some on it too

 

[corrosive]

Ask your local fish shop, or/and take a sample of the stuff to them, they may be able to tell you what it is .

 

[gadazobe]

I think it might be some form of fungus -

 

[fishywishy]

we are pleased to annonce that the cloudiness has gone

however on the glass is what looks to be colonies of white bacteria that are moving with the water. do we need to remove this or is it harmless and will just go away in time? thanks for all your help guys B)