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Registered Member
Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Hi All
Hope everyone is well, just wanted to pick your fish lover brains with something I havent seen before - just got back into the hobby after a decade break and have had a tank running for 3/4 months - had a strange mini cycle peak in Nitrite so did some usual routine maintenance and a 50% water change, whilst doing this as the fish are juvenilles I have been feeding them quite heavy on beef heart and thought some may have become lodged in the canister decaying away- opened it up and sure enough the fine filter was clogged with some beef heart remains - however upon opening the filter i noticed this (pictures attached) what is it? Good? Bad? or ugly.
Thanks in advance for your help fish lovers Filter1.jpgFilter2.jpgFilter3.jpg
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Homesteader
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Did you have the filter in a tank with java moss at some point?
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Hi Adam
Thanks for the reply
No it’s a bare bottom plantless tank. It was a new filter on this tank, never been near plant life.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Try googling "slime molds or water molds,see what species it is.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Thanks Bluelagoon I’ve tried that but couldn’t find anything that looks like it. I’m guessing it’s not normal so something must have got in there - an unwelcomed Guest.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Has anyone else had or seen this before? I hope it’s not anything dangerous for Discus
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Gold Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Could be snail eggs? Do you have any snails in there?
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
It is a barebottom Discus only Tank
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Homesteader
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Whatever it is, I doubt it's harmful. I'd spray it with peroxide and call it good.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
I do believe it to be some sort of slime mold.Hope this works .https://www.google.ca/search?q=spora...LvLVylaz38kyM: and here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h8WOWEqP6o
The first vidio did not work.
Last edited by bluelagoon; 08-15-2018 at 01:10 PM.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
The title of the vid on you tube is:morphing slime mold in freshwater breeding tank.Try to google that one.
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Registered Member
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
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Homesteader
Re: Help for first problem getting back into Discus
Never seen this alien before but I'm pretty sure it's some harmless form of life such as fungus or mold.
Another thing I want to point is to never allow food to enter your filter and rot there . Use a prefilter sponge or floss , turn off the filters on timer during feedings and don't allow the food to go anywhere except in your discuss bellies.
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