What On Earth Is This?!

[Ron Jeremy]

Two or so weeks in, I have what looks like dust in my water. Loads of tiny little particles in the water like its fizzy.

It's not air bubbles and the water isn't cloudy as such, but I am getting tiny bits of white algae like growth on the glass.

Ammonia is now at 4 and nitrite at 2. Water is 29 degrees.

Is this a bacteria bloom?

 

[Jakey02578]

I don't know, you need to try and get that ammonia down! Do a massive water change!

 

[micko]

Have you fish in this tank?

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Sorry, no fish. I'm cycling a new tank.

Video here http/i124.photobucket.com/albums/p29/Si-dways/25d93f7d.mp4

 

[Jakey02578]

By the way you said it it sounded like you had fish..

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Sorry, been a long long day. It's a new tank, no fish or plants. Just water and bog wood. Been cycling two weeks, ammonia is still a dark green and nitrite rising steadily.

Could it be bacteria life forms floating about? Will they go?

 

[mattyeatsmatts]

Im guessing its part of the cycling stage, should clear up before towards the end.

 

[fluttermoth]

These bacterial blooms are very common in newly set up tanks. Unfortunately, it's not the same bacteria as we want in our filters! It should have cleared up by the time your cycle is finished anyway

 

[Prime Ordeal]

I don't think it's a bacterial bloom, it looks more like debris being kicked out of the filter or from the substrate.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Hmm. I washed the gravel twice. The filter is all new too. Maybe it's the polyfilter membrane I added. I'll open it up and see.

 

[fluttermoth]

I don't think it's a bacterial bloom, it looks more like debris being kicked out of the filter or from the substrate.

Yes, it could be that too!

OP; you often get a weird sort of algae growing on the fittings in new tanks; it seems to particularly like the suckers for heaters. If that's getting in your filter, that could be causing it.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

The heater and air line have both got a white fur on now. And the side of the glass has some white growth. I think the gravel has some in too. I think it's algae then? Or some sort of growth. I may take the polyfilter out though. Apparently it's not great for cycling.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Inside the bottom of the filter was full of this white stuff. Very very cloudy and full of white specks. So I binned the water in there and took out most of the debris, and added two carbon sachets to see if that helps.

Seems better already.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Also, it was touching 29 degrees which may not have helped.

The bottom of my spray bar had a plug in it so there was not very much flow.

And the white fluff on the air line hose that looks identical to the floating debris suggests algae.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Water test....

High nitrite, oxygen and 30 degrees = white furry growth?