Ok, so I just got over a near tank crash last week, now I am noticing that my Eheim 2215 (only about 2.5 months old) hoses and return tube are coated with a patchy, hairy, paper-like substance that breaks off when I touch the hose and flows into the tank.
The stuff looks like small pinky fingernail-sized flakes of thin white paper that is slightly fuzzy or hairy on one side. It almost looks like bleached plant debris. When I do water changes I do my best not to touch my hoses because otherwise this stuff comes flowing in about 10-20 pieces at a time through my return tube.
Also, the return tube holes are about 20% blocked because of this stuff. When I touch the tube or shake it, pieces come flowing out.
Any ideas what this is or how/wheter I should treat it? Otherwise, I might shut the filter down and try to rinse the hoses out within the next couple of days.
The stuff looks like small pinky fingernail-sized flakes of thin white paper that is slightly fuzzy or hairy on one side. It almost looks like bleached plant debris. When I do water changes I do my best not to touch my hoses because otherwise this stuff comes flowing in about 10-20 pieces at a time through my return tube.
Also, the return tube holes are about 20% blocked because of this stuff. When I touch the tube or shake it, pieces come flowing out.
Any ideas what this is or how/wheter I should treat it? Otherwise, I might shut the filter down and try to rinse the hoses out within the next couple of days.
