Surface Bloom?

[knt5005]

Hey everyone, I just cleaned all of my betta water, and there was this film-like stuff on the surface. Was this a mini-bloom of some sort? The water parameters are fine, but I'm wondering if (since I'm in a new room in the apartment with two windows) the light is causing this.

 

[laurasbetta]

Hey everyone, I just cleaned all of my betta water, and there was this film-like stuff on the surface. Was this a mini-bloom of some sort? The water parameters are fine, but I'm wondering if (since I'm in a new room in the apartment with two windows) the light is causing this.

Have you added anything to the water? I assume you use dechlorinator, but are you using anything else? Did the film appear after the betta had been in the water for awhile?

 

[knt5005]

Nope, nothing added out of the ordinary.

 

[nemosworld]

take a turkey baster and blow a bubble underneath it. does some whitish grey solid fall down to the bottom when the bubble pops?

 

[Danno]

Do you use any air fresheners in your house like Fabreeze, Lysol?

The only kind of film stuff I have seen on a tank was a protien layer. Do you feed live or frozen foods?

 

[Zafirah]

Hmm...not sure what it is. When you find out let me know. Because, sometimes i get that too. What size tanks do you have.

 

[knt5005]

No air fresheners or anything like that. It has been unusually hot this week (mid-90's in central PA) and people have been saying they haven't seen weather this hot in a long time, so maybe that has something to do with it. It's cooled off and now there doesn't seem to be a problem.