White film on the top of the tank

[Fishyboi27]

so I noticed last Saturday after I did a water change it caused a white film to form on the top is it harmful to my plants and snails

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Will you please upload a picture of the film?

Are you sure it was white? Are not a silver/rainbow color?

 

[Fishyboi27]

Will you please upload a picture of the film?

Are you sure it was white? Are not a silver/rainbow color?

it looks like its white

 

[PheonixKingZ]

Looks like bubbles that got trapped under Bio-film, which is harmless. In fact, many species of shrimp and snail like to eat it.

 

[raylove]

This can be caused by water quality issues or sometimes just because something changes e.g. I've seen it occasionally after a major clean up or plant thinning and in such circumstances it soon settles down and will disappear.
Also, I have a Juwel Bioflow internal filter. When I turn it off to do a water change, water inside the filter runs out of the intake and can leave a film on the water surface. Once I turn the filter back on it soon clears up, though if it looks too bad I do sometimes skim it off with a plastic cup first.
Another thing to be mindful of us if it is something that came from you! A couple of times I have put my arm in the water and caused a film because I had forgotten that I had applied sunscreen! In those circumstances I always skim it off - no harm has ever become of this but obviously it's something to avoid!
Whatever the cause of yours is I would recommend skimming it off but unless it persists I wouldn't worry at this stage as it will probably resolve itself.

 

[Fishyboi27]

This can be caused by water quality issues or sometimes just because something changes e.g. I've seen it occasionally after a major clean up or plant thinning and in such circumstances it soon settles down and will disappear.
Also, I have a Juwel Bioflow internal filter. When I turn it off to do a water change, water inside the filter runs out of the intake and can leave a film on the water surface. Once I turn the filter back on it soon clears up, though if it looks too bad I do sometimes skim it off with a plastic cup first.
Another thing to be mindful of us if it is something that came from you! A couple of times I have put my arm in the water and caused a film because I had forgotten that I had applied sunscreen! In those circumstances I always skim it off - no harm has ever become of this but obviously it's something to avoid!
Whatever the cause of yours is I would recommend skimming it off but unless it persists I wouldn't worry at this stage as it will probably resolve itself.

I did like a 50% last Sunday because I dosed with medicine for parasites and it started the top white film and thank you guys for helping a noob at fish keeping ill keep you guys posted if it gets worse