What On Earth Is This?!

[Aqua Tom]

It looks like the common white mystery stuff we get from new rubber and / or plastic in a new tank. Its harmless so just rub it off with your fingers.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

It's all over the glass too. Will it go on its own?

 

[Xraymark]

The big water change at the end of the cycle with a a good clean may sort most of it out.On a side note only redose your ammonia to 2/3 ppm when it zeros. You don't want your nitrites going too high. You maybe know this already. Good luck on the cycle.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Cool. The ammonia must be off the scale because it's not dropped but I have nitrite and nitrate now. It'll get there

 

[Corrine]

That picture looks exactly like the stuff I had on my fluval edge during cycling, although i still have absolutely no idea what it was haha ... I cleaned the majority of it off during a water change and the rest just cleared up on its own within a week or so .

 

[Ron Jeremy]

That's good to hear. My edge never had it but I did a fish in cycle and by a miracle nothing died.

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Bit of an update. After emptying my filter, taking out loads ofthe stuff from the bottom of it, the water is a lot clearer. There are less of the particles and the bits of white fluff on the glass and pipe are turning brown.

I think I'm getting there