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All of a sudden I've had an outbreak of a tiny white stringy fungus (I'm not sure if its a fungus or not). Its on every thing in my tank all over all the decorations and the fake plants. So far this hasnt effected my Judo but I want to get rid of it asap.

My parameters are fine Ammonia 0, nit 0, nita 5-10, ph 7.8-8.0 sg 1.005

I'm just hoping anyone has some experience with this and if so whats the best way of ridding my aquarium of this menace? Im also not sure exactly what the stuff is.

Its small, varying from a small dot the size of a period to small maybe a cm long string. It almost looks like there was some substrate that settled on the items. But its not substrate.

Thanks in advance.

Can you post a photo?

Is your substrate a white sand or argonite sand? I've found sludge on ornaments which is normally nearly translucent sometimes becomes infused with a fine dust of substrate in my marine tank with very fine argonite sand.

It could possibly be.. oh what is it called, that little worm like thing that shows up if you overfeed... Planeria or is it something else? Sorry, its way too early in the morning for me today!

But if they are like little worms attached to the glass, etc, they won't hurt anything but can be a sign that you are feeding too much (they're eating all the extra stuff). Sometimes they show up for a while in a newer tank and then go away.

after long periods of study, Im pretty sure its the substrate that settled on the decor after I did a 90 percent water change. When I touch the plants the stuff falls down, the stringy pieces are a bit unsettling but Im doing my weekly water change today so Ill check them out.

Sorry to araise an alarm, but it was a bit unerving seeing what looked like a fungus in my tank.

Thanks!

I'm glad your puffer is doing well.