Black Specs On Everything

[Leila2]

I am cycling my 37 gallon tank which I started nearly a month ago - I am doing fish-in cycling with 4 zebra danios that have been there nearly a fortnight. I test for ammonia regularly and it still hasn't gone above 1.5 and zero nitrites so I have not done any water changes yet. Today I noticed plants and heater guard (which is a light colour) are specked with tiny black spots. Despite searching the internet I still don't know what this is or what to do about it.

I wonder if it is to do with the crop of pond snails that have also appeared and are presumably the cause of the white slimy stuff that I am cleaning daily from my mopani wood root now. Is my tank heading towards disaster?

 

[Leila2]

I am cycling my 37 gallon tank which I started nearly a month ago - I am doing fish-in cycling with 4 zebra danios that have been there nearly a fortnight. I test for ammonia regularly and it still hasn't gone above 1.5 and zero nitrites so I have not done any water changes yet. Today I noticed plants and heater guard (which is a light colour) are specked with tiny black spots. Despite searching the internet I still don't know what this is or what to do about it.

I wonder if it is to do with the crop of pond snails that have also appeared and are presumably the cause of the white slimy stuff that I am cleaning daily from my mopani wood root now. Is my tank heading towards disaster?

I now think I over-reacted and the black spots are probably just some substrate that has settled on various objects from when I had to clear out some rotting plantation and replant some plants that keep floating up to the surface!
But I would appreciate some advice over the continuous slime on the mopani wood though!

 

[Sofia]

i get a bit of slime on my mopani every now and again.I have no idea what it is so i'll be watching this. It's kind of a cloudy coloured slime.