Question by Earthy: Why does my fish tank have white slimy goopy stuff floating in it no matter how often I change the water?
I have been trying to fix this for many weeks and even bought a new tank.
I have 1 beta in a 10 gallon. 78 degrees, with water filter.
The water is always getting very filled with this white film no matter what I do.
I tried using fungus clear many times, which helps the fish feel better, but the white stuff always comes back soon after.
I just bought Triple Sulfa in a capsule to kill bacteria, it didn’t really dissolve it just stayed on top, but it seemed to attract all kinds of the white stuff, but still the tank water is very disasterous looking. Now it looks like a white kind of oil slick on top of the water and the water itself still has white flaky slimy stuff floating around.
What is this and is triple sulfa going to do the trick, and is triple sulfa supposed to stay floating on the top and attract this white stuff to it???
This is crazy, weird, and getting to be a constant issue.
Best answer:
Answer by englewoodsw05
I had this happen once to me. I had to take EVERYTHING out of the talk and hand wash/scrub it clean. Even though I was swapping out the water, there was goo on the rocks, sides, etc. inside the tank. As soon as I filled it up, three days later there was goo again. I hand wash/scrub the inside off the tank about every three months nowadays to prevent it.
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