Spots Of Round Fungi Like Patches Inside Fishless Tank?

[Epikka]

My new 25 gallon tank has been in a fishless cycle for two weeks. Now after studying the inside there are patchs of round whiteish fungi stuff about 1 or 2 millimeters all along the corners, and small bits on the gravel. around the patches there is a very small amount of fuzz, barely visable. There is no driffwood in the tank, no fish and only two small plants at the time, it is rather bare but I am getting more soon. Nothing but cycle and water condishner that came with my tank is in it, there is also no food in there either. I cant understand what it is, what I should do and if it is a good or bad thing I should be expecting in a cycleing tank. Somone suggested I restart all over again, but if this happened again, I am back were I started.

I am new here so if this is in the wrong spot I did not know...

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Epikka.

I have no idea what is growing in your tank but my first guess is that it is something getting its nourishment from the Cycle. I don't know what you are doing to cycle the tank but what you have listed as being the only thing in the tank will do nothing to begin your cycle. The Cycle product is a waste of money if you actually paid for it. Most people get a free sample only and it is worth every penny they pay for it. The water conditioner will remove chlorine and chloramine so it serves a purpose. The next thing that you need to do to start the cycle happening, day 1 if you will, is to get a source of ammonia in the tank so that the bacteria that consume ammonia will have some food to grow on. In the US you can often find pure ammonia at an Ace / True Value hardware store. In the UK I see references to a store called Boots. In the US or the UK, the product will be in the aisle with cleaning supplies. It takes very little ammonia to cycle a tank. I bought a US gallon a few years ago and still have all but about a cup of it after cycling around 20 tanks. You dose the ammonia to about 4 or 5 ppm and wait for it to be removed by the bacteria that use it for food. The first dose often will take a full week to go away but gradually it will go faster and faster. There is a pinned topic that will get you started, right here in the New To The Hobby section. You can reach the fishless cycling topic by going to the beginners resource center or by following the link that I keep in the signature area of my posts. Once you have read through that and have some idea of what it takes to do a cycle, please come back with any questions so that we can try to help you understand it.

 

[Epikka]

I have successfully cycled my 10 gallon, I have treated it with my methods, there was no problem there, I will look at the sites methods of course. I do have an idea how to cycle, but this problem in my 25 I never seen before, it is like little dots.