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No when it first happened he seemed fine. I'm starting to lean towards a bacterial infection in theory. He's gone to the "Rice Paddy in the Sky" so..................................thanks everyone

Thanks for trying to help. Unfortunately Pretty Boy Floyd went to the great rice paddy in the sky this morning. The slime had no real color kinda whitish clear slimey stuff...could have been overproduction but, could one little fish produce so much it would be covering everything in a 5 gallon...

Well you are right we didn't really have any choose but to clean up what he had been in. The tank had already cycled when we got the slime. I know he doesn't really need the filter and aerator that we could have just bought a bowl but, he seemed very happy in the 5 gallon (US) tank Ammonia...

My husband rescued a Betta from a vacant apartment. Tank was nasty slimey mess. Took Betta home. Cleaned tank, filter, gravel etc. Added airator. Monitored tank for nitrogen cycle. everything going fine.Two weeks or so later woke up one morning and tank was a slimey mess. Local fish store...