gi4get
Fish Fanatic
with the passing of hurricane izzy, my school lost power for five days and the students were forced to go home. between my boyfriend and i, we have three betta (two male, one female), three cardinal tetras (had four, lost one and only one through this whole mess!), one guppy and two shrimp. we packed everybody up (the bettas in their individual bowls, everybody else in a cooler) and drove home leaving our tanks inactive for a week. we only lost one fish and he was a suicide case (jumped from the cooler and landed on the floor 3-4 feet below). i know cardinals are very sensitive fish and i was expecting to lose all of them (very happy i didn't ). my issue is this; i have a five gal. tank, previously uncycled, that has now been sitting for a week with no filtration, etc. it looks fine except for cob-web-like stuff covering everything including the walls, decorations, gravel, etc. my boyfriend has a cycled ten gal. with a similar problem. anyone know what this stuff is? is it good, bad, or just ugly? is it harmeful or can i toss some otos in it for clean up duty (i'd keep them of course)? will they even touch the stuff? anyone else have a similar story? i haven't tested any water levels though i plan to. i'll post results when i can.