Number of posts : 22 Age : 40 Location : South Wales Job/hobbies : Fish and guinea pigs Humor : Dry Thank You Points : 0 Registration date : 2009-06-25
Subject: Clear "slime" in my BN tank??? Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:23 pm
Hi all Well this is new for me -I've never had clear slime before. I figure its probably bacterial. Is it caused by all the fresh food I'm feeding my 4 little fast-growing BNs? They're only in a little tank at the mo, its one of my hospital tanks - about 25-30 litres. My 300 litre has never had this - maybe because of the much larger water volume. I'm doing 50% water changes every 3 days at the moment because the little s*ds make so much mess! There is just poo everywhere lol Thanks in advance
Kurosaki J V.I.P Member
Number of posts : 1496 Age : 47 Location : Down the boozer Thank You Points : 23 Registration date : 2009-01-22
Subject: Re: Clear "slime" in my BN tank??? Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:52 am
High Cherrypie, hows the slime problem going - I can't offer any advice on this issue (never had it happen to me "yet"). When you say fresh food are you referring to fresh veg? I know that to much protein such as blood worm and brine shrimp can cause a foam to develope on the surface of the water but this usually doesn't have a slimey feel to it . Hope you get it sorted. Oh but doing the water changes that you are it should hopefully sort itself out. J
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katespapa Fish Egg
Number of posts : 2 Age : 79 Location : Illinois Thank You Points : 0 Registration date : 2009-04-14
Subject: Re: Clear "slime" in my BN tank??? Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:29 pm
the only time I get slime, is when I leave cucumber in the tank to long.
Cherrypie Small Fry
Number of posts : 22 Age : 40 Location : South Wales Job/hobbies : Fish and guinea pigs Humor : Dry Thank You Points : 0 Registration date : 2009-06-25
Subject: Re: Clear "slime" in my BN tank??? Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:22 pm
katespapa wrote:
the only time I get slime, is when I leave cucumber in the tank to long.
Thats what I thought but I'm changing any fresh veggies daily before they turn to mush.
On with the water changes and I'll keep searching for a bigger tank that'll be easier to keep "clean"