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I've had a recent algae outbreak and have added olive nerites to combat it but now I have these white things growing on the tank walls. The almost look like little tree trunks but they are all white and have white strings coming from the end.
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29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
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Can you post a picture of them? sounds like a type worm. Probably not but a picture would help the cause.ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ -
Something growing on tank walls
I'll try they are hard to get the camera to focus on.29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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Re: Something growing on tank walls
Sounds like Hydra.30Long: L134 Leopard Frog Plecos X16, Corydoras Sterbai X9, Endlers X4
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Thats what it looks like IMO.
check out this link, hope it helps.
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+1 it sounds like Hydra, though it could be a myriad of different oddball macro invertsIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
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Agree hydra.Emerald Green Rainbowfish
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Anabantoids are effective at eating them, not sure which tank this is in though. I suppose licorice gouramis might be the least worrysome manner to combat them in a shrimp tank, though I might try a different strategy of starving them and only feeding 100% veggies and small WC. what are the parameters of the tank in question? Especially Nitrates, they usually bloom when food is readily availableIn the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
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This is in the shrimp tank where I have had an issue with planaria. Water parameters are 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 10 nitrates, 7.4 PH, and 80-83 temp. I do WC of 25-50% 2x week, feed every 2-3 days, and dose flourish weekly. Feeding varies between shrimp pellets, algae wafers, and shrimp souffle.29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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Try looking into Hydra treatment for shrimp tanks online. They have a few chemicals that are reputed to work, but with Cardinals I might be worried it could have even a minimal effect upon them. Lacking any shrimplets, the adluts should be fine. I might just let it be for now and hope they exhaust whatever food source they are preying upon.In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
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Something growing on tank walls
I have a baby albino pleco in my daughters tank maybe an inch and a half long. Would it help if I moved it for a few days?29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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Bristlenose will not eat them. Most anabantoids are noted for feasting upon them, but with Cardinals in the tank I would be wary. I have heard mixed results from daily Excel dosing, but everything suggests this needs to be done for a few weeks at least and follow a daily schedule or they will return. Try searching Hydra shrimp tank online and you'll get some good suggestions.In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Desiderius Erasmus
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Re: Something growing on tank walls
How many times/wk are you feeding? And how heavily stocked is your tank? I've dealt with hydra when I was a bit over zealous with the food30Long: L134 Leopard Frog Plecos X16, Corydoras Sterbai X9, Endlers X4
Small ADA nano (~8gal): ... BKK or OEBT breeding tank in the works!
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Something growing on tank walls
3-4x weekly and I have 10 cardinals, 7 Sakura reds, 2 snowballs, 5 tylos, and 3 olive nerites.29 Gallon SA Tank -- 5 Bleeding Heart Tetras, Mated Pair of Angels, 7 Green Corys, and a Rubberlip Pleco
30 Gallon Breeder -- 20+ neon tetras, 3 albino cories, 2 albino bristlenose plecos, female betta, 1 angel
5 Gallon Shrimp Nano - Sakura Red Shrimp, Boraras Brigittae, Oto Cats, Olive Nerites, and Pink RamshornComment
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