Minnow Tank

[This Old Spouse]

Please bear with me, and please offer up any suggestions. My husband recently got a 20g tank, and since he's a fishing guide, thought it would be a good idea to try to keep shiner minnows so he wouldn't have to buy new minnows with every new trip. A sound theory, but I just took a look at the tank and it's pretty disgusting.

He put down a sand substrate (coarse, not play sand) and a couple of live plants. It's not heated at sits at about 64º F. The disgusting part is that there seems to be a coating of slime on the sides of the tank.

What do you suppose is causing this? Just the type of fish in there? I don't think just a water change will help much. Any suggestions?

I don't know what the stats are. Haven't time to do them this minute, but will post them in an hour or so. Any help appreciated.

 

[Harlequins]

What colour is the slime? is it coating on the tank? this happens on newly set up tanks...

 

[fishy55599]

Please bear with me, and please offer up any suggestions. My husband recently got a 20g tank, and since he's a fishing guide, thought it would be a good idea to try to keep shiner minnows so he wouldn't have to buy new minnows with every new trip. A sound theory, but I just took a look at the tank and it's pretty disgusting.

He put down a sand substrate (coarse, not play sand) and a couple of live plants. It's not heated at sits at about 64º F. The disgusting part is that there seems to be a coating of slime on the sides of the tank.

What do you suppose is causing this? Just the type of fish in there? I don't think just a water change will help much. Any suggestions?

I don't know what the stats are. Haven't time to do them this minute, but will post them in an hour or so. Any help appreciated.

take a razor blade to the glass, worked for me

 

[This Old Spouse]

It's clear. And yes, it's a new tank, but we used established media to start with.

 

[Harlequins]

Nowt to worry about,like fishy said,get a razor to it if you dont like it,although it will go eventually

 

[This Old Spouse]

Nowt to worry about,like fishy said,get a razor to it if you dont like it,although it will go eventually

So if I razor it off, will it just float around and eventually get caught up in the filter?