Hi everyone 
Am a newbie, started with guppies and about 6 weeks in and doing good. All alive and one gave birth (didn't know it was pregnant lol. They were all supposed to be female) so 3 fish turned into about 20.
Basically, I wanted to enrich their environment. I got a good size tank but being low on cash I don't really have the money at the moment to splurge on lots of new live plants and rocks/driftwood like I'd like to. So, i do have a few live plants that I've had since starting my tank and a few rocks but that's it at the moment.
So, I saw on ebay, that you can buy underwater "grass" or grass-like plant seeds to form a mat on the floor. I thought, awesome, I'll buy that and it'll create a mat, or even if just 5% works and it creates a little extra life and colour. So I bought the seeds... there weren't any instructions so I thought ok hopefully I just put it in the water and they'll sink and eventually some will propagate.
Buuuut. It does sink, but also creates a slime/jelly. At first I thought I was discovering some kind of problem with the seeds getting caught in some invisible jelly but I soon realized that the seeds CAUSE the jelly. After cleaning out all the jelly and then putting more seeds in the water, I dunked my finger in water where there werent any seeds floating on the top (because the seeds float for a while before sinking) and nothing, normal water. I dunk my finger in the middle of the seeds and it's jelly. File attached to show what I'm talking about.
So... i know im an idiot, but can someone explain what's going on exactly and what I'm doing wrong? If there's any additional info you need let me know and sorry for the dumb question. This is basically my first hiccup so far. Oh and obviously, will this jelly hurt my fish, should i wait it out or get it out asap?
Am a newbie, started with guppies and about 6 weeks in and doing good. All alive and one gave birth (didn't know it was pregnant lol. They were all supposed to be female) so 3 fish turned into about 20.
Basically, I wanted to enrich their environment. I got a good size tank but being low on cash I don't really have the money at the moment to splurge on lots of new live plants and rocks/driftwood like I'd like to. So, i do have a few live plants that I've had since starting my tank and a few rocks but that's it at the moment.
So, I saw on ebay, that you can buy underwater "grass" or grass-like plant seeds to form a mat on the floor. I thought, awesome, I'll buy that and it'll create a mat, or even if just 5% works and it creates a little extra life and colour. So I bought the seeds... there weren't any instructions so I thought ok hopefully I just put it in the water and they'll sink and eventually some will propagate.
Buuuut. It does sink, but also creates a slime/jelly. At first I thought I was discovering some kind of problem with the seeds getting caught in some invisible jelly but I soon realized that the seeds CAUSE the jelly. After cleaning out all the jelly and then putting more seeds in the water, I dunked my finger in water where there werent any seeds floating on the top (because the seeds float for a while before sinking) and nothing, normal water. I dunk my finger in the middle of the seeds and it's jelly. File attached to show what I'm talking about.
So... i know im an idiot, but can someone explain what's going on exactly and what I'm doing wrong? If there's any additional info you need let me know and sorry for the dumb question. This is basically my first hiccup so far. Oh and obviously, will this jelly hurt my fish, should i wait it out or get it out asap?
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