New Tank, New Problems

Heinzanova

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This is my first time on the message board posting a question, usually I just troll and look at all the other nice set ups. This is my third tank and I have a MAJOR problem.

IT is a 44ga corner freshwater tank. It just got done cycling and I have have placed all my plants, drift wood, and slate into the tank. I cycled for a few weeks with a few barbs until all my levels got to where I needed to be. I have a FloraGlow and a Normal Tube on the top (two fixtures).

Almost in a mater of a couple of days (the past four or so) these white spore like items seem to be accumulating on the glass sides of the tank. After closer examination they look to be covering my plants also. The snails and pleco seem to not eat/remove them from the walls. What is going on, it seems to have become an expadentually exploiding problem it is hard to see from the picture, but they are stringy like items, that resemble almost microscopic versions of dandilion seeds!?!!

They are about a millameter in size, and whitish, they also seem to stick to the objects but flow in the water (move slightly by the current)


Advice?

(Link to picture, warning massive picture. 56kdie)
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Hello and welcome to AC! :D

As to you question, is ur issue similar to this thread: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103438

My first gut reaction is that there is something disloved in the water ata high concentration leaching out and depositing onto surfaces. Did this occur about 4 days AFTER you added all of your plants driftwood and slate (at the same time?)

I'm sorry I cannot help much beyond this, but did you treat your driftwood properly? Where the plants parasite free?

When you wipe these off how are they in texture, form, etc.?

lastly, if it was my tank I would consider a large WC and thorough glass cleaning...
 
THE top fishkeeping mag over here in the Uk is Practical Fishkeeping Magazine....funnily enough theres a small article on exactly this in the issue this Month.

the suggestion is that it is a type of slime caused by decaying organic matter, and also the picture shows the slime on the driftwood.

The solution seems to be to remove the driftwood, scrub it and boil it.
 
It is definatly a Hydra Problem.

The big problem now is finding a cure, they are growing in size and taking over my tank! AAGGGGG


The "Fenbendazole", found under a name "Panacur"

Which is mentioned here : http://wetwebfotos.com/talk/thread.jsp?forum=46&thread=10186&message=83268

as the holy grail of hydra killing, is more hard to come by than I thought... and when I can get it, it is in a 1lb dose @ $225 !!! =-o

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