Powdery floor

[Anf]

Y the whole aquarium floor is covered wif white powdery substance :?:

[martraci]

your fish are on crack?

[Anf]

your fish are on crack?I don't quite get what you mean :? :? :? :)

[the german]

powdery? not slimy?
can you send a pic?

[Hail2Pitt02]

anthrax?

[Anf]

powdery? not slimy?
can you send a pic?Sorry, I didn't took any photo of it & I've already wash it away. :roll:
But it look like a layer of white cement covering the whole tank floor.
& there's a smell too. :?

[Anf]

anthrax?No idea. :?

[Merrilyn]

Have you recently added any medications to your tank? Or have you perhaps added some new media to your filter?

A fish tank is a closed system, so things csan only get in there if you put them in somehow.

Is the substance more like powder or is it like a slime coating.

[samir]

you're fish probably have a bad case of dandruff. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have nothing constructive to add sorry :lol:

[djceri_g]

your fish are on crack? :lol: :lol:

[scott bowler]

have you used some ph buffer in the last day or so .or spilt tank water on the floor

[Anf]

Have you recently added any medications to your tank? Or have you perhaps added some new media to your filter?

A fish tank is a closed system, so things csan only get in there if you put them in somehow.

Is the substance more like powder or is it like a slime coating.
I only got airstone inside the tank wif a breeding tile n a pair of fish only.
+ some fungus egg also.
look like powder to me. :?

[Anf]

you're fish probably have a bad case of dandruff. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I have nothing constructive to add sorry :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Den I think I need "Head & Shoulder" :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Anf]

have you used some ph buffer in the last day or so .or spilt tank water on the floorNo. :) I dun use ph buffer. :)
& I mean inside the tank not outside the tank. :lol: :lol:

[DiscusEden]

What's the breeding tile made of & how old is it?

I've got a similar powder in my quarantine tank where I put an unwashed teracotta pot in. Might be powder from that?

Or maybe partialised (small) food scraps?

Or the guys are right & they need to be drug tested. You can get a cheap kit from the chemist. Just tell them it's for your teenager. I'd be keeping an eye out for the dealer.

[Anf]

What's the breeding tile made of & how old is it?

I've got a similar powder in my quarantine tank where I put an unwashed teracotta pot in. Might be powder from that?

Or maybe partialised (small) food scraps?

Or the guys are right & they need to be drug tested. You can get a cheap kit from the chemist. Just tell them it's for your teenager. I'd be keeping an eye out for the dealer.I feed only Bloodworm. Below r the pic I manage to take.
Note dat I've clean away 1 side of the tank floor in the pic.
Now I've move the pair to another tank w/o the tile. White powdery thing still follow. :?

[Merrilyn]

It could be coming out of your tap water.

What part of the world are you in Anf.

Get a clean glass, and add some tap water, and let it settle for 24 hours, and see if you get some of the white powder in the bottom of the glass.

[Anf]

It could be coming out of your tap water.

What part of the world are you in Anf.

Get a clean glass, and add some tap water, and let it settle for 24 hours, and see if you get some of the white powder in the bottom of the glass.Singapore. :)
Tried put some water into a small container and leave it 24hrs.
Result : Clean & Clear. :?

[DiscusMad]

I sometimes get that in my fry tanks when I only run an air stone in the tank or under filter a bare bottom tank. It might be bacteria growing.

but thats just a guess

[revkev]

The only other thing could be your airstone try a wooden air block, if powder is back remove breeding slate and replace with white PVC tube.

[Anf]

Prob solve after changing Anti Chlorine. :? 8-)

[Merrilyn]

Fascinating. Glad you got to the bottom of it Anf.

I've never seen it happen before, but it had to be something that was being added to the tank.

[Xtreme]

Was it a cheap version of what we call Safe?

Cheers Wayne

[samir]

so it wasn't dandruff ???

[DiscusEden]

Or drugs?

[Anf]

I changed back from "Crystal Form Anti Chlorine" den prob solved.
BUT last time I also got this prob b4. Duno izit coming out from the fish? :?
Often happen on breeding tank wif airstone only. :?

[Anf]

so it wasn't dandruff ??? :lol: :lol: :lol: