filter white stuff

[rullypullyfishhead]

hi i have a xp3 canister filter that uses a overflow and the return is a spray bar.question tank has been running 8 weeks on a 55 gallon with seven fish.when i shut off filter for water change there was about 40 pieces of whitish transparent flimsy stuff ranging in size of 1 inch to quarter inch that came out of spray bar.so i sucked it up during water change.but when i filled tank back up and started xp3 canister about another 40 pieces of the same stuff came out so now its floating around.do i need to flush my pipes every so often ?what causes this junk?thank for any responses

[eklikewhoa]

You could reverse flush your pipes or just let the fish take it in.... it's nothing harmful.

[newb]

yeah, its just a film from the inside of your tubes. If it really bothers you...you could just sell the filter to me!