What are these "things" in my tank gravel? Yeast? Poop? Eggs?

kaldurak

kaldurak

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I found these in my tank earlier today. I assumed they were GBR eggs :) But then I noticed some in my 10 gallon tank.....on the other side of the room that does not have any Rams in it.


16 gallon tank
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10 gallon tank.
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So the only thing that these tanks have in common is that they both get their water from the same tap, and the same bucket/siphon is used for each tank.

the only species that each tank has in common is a common otocinclus and a mystery snail.

other than that - the 16 has a pair of rams, 4 dwarf cories 2 killies and a ghost shrimp.


the 10 has a Betta, 12 pygmy rasboras and also an otocinlus niger.




Both tanks have DIY CO2 running to a hagen elite mini powerhead.....Could these be yeast spores?




I just NEED to know :) because I am weirded out by this and it's probably all for nothing, but it Could be something totally evil growing in the gravel :) Help.
 
BioHazard said:
Hmmm. Looks like poop to me. Lets see what others think too.
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the only reason I didn't assume that first is because it only just appeared today (could just be only Noticed today) but I do tend to give each tank a good lookover several times each day and only just saw these today.
 
Do you have a separator bottle between your yeast and tank in your CO2 system? If so, that should rule out the possibility of yeast spores.
 
kanvas said:
not fish eggs... any invert in there?
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Each tank has a Mystery snail as mentioned.

jbradt said:
Do you have a separator bottle between your yeast and tank in your CO2 system? If so, that should rule out the possibility of yeast spores.
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I do not have a seperator bottle between the yeast bottle and the hagen mini elite 'diffusor' :o

rstrobel said:
definitely not eggs from the rams. do the objects move at all?
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they do not move at all, that I have noticed. and I sat and looked at them for a good 15 minutes earlier because i was wondering if they would.
 
I wonder how they would be yeast spores though (if they are) - I don't have anything that looks like that in the CO2 bottle, and the level of water in the yeast bottles is Well below the tubing at the lid. a good 6 inches.
 
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Reminds me of snail poop the way it piles up like that. Have you been feeding light colored foods?

Oh, and I suggest a gravel vac.
 
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