Nosphaer
Fish Fanatic
Hi, everyone. Over the last few days, nothing abnormal has happened to my fishtank, so I would have to call a recent happening "sudden".
I was observing the fish I have, when I suddenly noticed some faint, somewhat transparent blobs of what looks slightly like bacteria colonization on the inner glass, frontal side. When I saw it, I turned the filter off and scraped the majority of it off, with much of it sliding off into the water. The substance forms in little, mainly rounded spots and splashes, all smaller than a peppercorn. They seem to be a whitish tone, possible with a very slight tint of orange, red, or yellow.
Is this possibly just snail gunk of some kind, or might it be an algae or bacterial formation? The two snails I have show little bits of algae on their shells, but they did so a while before I saw anything like this.
(EDIT - I also forgot to mention the following. It's hard to tell for sure, but after turning the filter back on, I did notice the fish slightly swarming the stuff, much of it being just within macroscopic size, for me. They may have been feeding on it, but I don't want to jump to the conclusion... I didn't see them consume a lot of it.)
(EDIT2 - My fish seem to be cleaning house ._. There's a shortage among them that -aren't- eating the stuff... I suppose I should not be worried, in this case...)
I was observing the fish I have, when I suddenly noticed some faint, somewhat transparent blobs of what looks slightly like bacteria colonization on the inner glass, frontal side. When I saw it, I turned the filter off and scraped the majority of it off, with much of it sliding off into the water. The substance forms in little, mainly rounded spots and splashes, all smaller than a peppercorn. They seem to be a whitish tone, possible with a very slight tint of orange, red, or yellow.
Is this possibly just snail gunk of some kind, or might it be an algae or bacterial formation? The two snails I have show little bits of algae on their shells, but they did so a while before I saw anything like this.
(EDIT - I also forgot to mention the following. It's hard to tell for sure, but after turning the filter back on, I did notice the fish slightly swarming the stuff, much of it being just within macroscopic size, for me. They may have been feeding on it, but I don't want to jump to the conclusion... I didn't see them consume a lot of it.)
(EDIT2 - My fish seem to be cleaning house ._. There's a shortage among them that -aren't- eating the stuff... I suppose I should not be worried, in this case...)
