White Spots In The Water

[OzeN]

i have noticed im gettin small white spots floating in the tank.. and there is thousands of them.. what are they and how to get rid of them..

 

[waterdrop]

If you look very closely are they actually tiny worms?

 

[WILDER]

Does it sound like this.
http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/manage...aria_Worms.html

 

[OzeN]

na they dont seem like worms they seem like little minute bubbles i can only see them when i look throug the sides not when i look rom the top down. and when i look from the side towards the top of the water i can see them o the surface...

any ideas what it could be?

 

[WILDER]

How long has the tank been set up.
Any fish flicking and rubbing.
Check the fish over and also see if they have tiny white bubbles on them, or salt sized white spots.
Soemtimes tiny white bubbles on fish can mean that they are about to break out in whitespot.

 

[waterdrop]

Well you can indeed have tiny air bubbles, especially in a new tank or one that's just had a big water change or one where the filter return produces bubbles...

 

[Truck]

sounds like the paracite form of white spot

 

[OzeN]

WELL BASICLY THE TANKS BEEN UP FOR 3 DAYS WAS GONA CYCLE WITHOUT FISH BUT MY UNEXPECTING FREEBIE MADE ME CYCLE WITH FISH... I HAVE A FILTER THAT SPITS WATER OUT ONTO THE SURFACE TO AIRIATE THE WATER AND THE ONE FISH THAT IS THERE DOESENT SEEM TO BE RUBBING OR ANYTHING..

 

[WILDER]

Newly set up tank you will get little bubbles on glass, ornaments, and plants.
You shouldn't add fish when there tiny bubbles on the glass as fish can get gas bubble desease, which is bubbles bemeath the skin,.
http/www.flippersandfins.net/pop-eye.htm

Taken from the link.

Gas Bubble Disease is a result of supersaturation (excess levels) of the water with the gas, nitrogen. Supersaturation occurs whenever the pressure of a gas in the water is higher than the pressure of the same gas in the surrounding atmosphere. When there is this difference between gas pressures, the gas gets pulled too quickly out of the bloodstream, leaving gas bubbles behind. This is what happens to SCUBA divers who ascend too quickly and create a big difference in gas pressures, which leads to the diver getting gas bubble formation or the “bends”. In fish, gas bubbles can accumulate behind the eye, making it bulge outward.

Water in a newly filled tank will be supersaturated with gases and you will see the gas bubbles covering the inside of the tank. The more that the water is agitated as you are pouring it in for the first time, the less supersaturation you will have. Agitation of water releases gas from it. Normal aeration will speed up the time that it takes for this excess gas to leave the water. When the bubbles on the tank disappear, then it is safe to put your fish into the new water.

 

[OzeN]

these little white spots/ bubbles what ever they are were in the ater since i first filled it up.. there were bigger bubbles on the filter and plants tht have almost totaly dissapeared..

 

[WILDER]

Not sure what they are.
Just keep a look out for flicking and rubbing.
Tiny white spots on fish size of a grain of salt.
Excess slime coats.
Or a golden dust on a fish,

 

[OzeN]

well just done my 20% daily water change and pured the water disturbing the surface as much as possible..

about 95% of the white spots/bubbles have gone

yey

 

[WILDER]

Ok that good.
Still keep an eye on the fish just in case.
Good luck.

 

[OzeN]

yer i will do thanks a lot for all your help