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jtbottoms · 01-10-2008, 05:22 PM

Hello everyone. I am new here - as I am looking for some assistance with my daughters 10 gallon tank. It's a new tank, just setup last week. We let it cycle through for several days before introducing new fish. By the end of the week 4 out of 6 fish were dead. We took the fish back to the store and had them test the water, everything was fine except the ph was a little high.

We cleaned out the tank tonight and there are white fuzzy balls that began floating everywhere. They look like they have seeds in the middle of the fuzz. I have a seperate small beta tank and on the bottom of the tank a big white ball of fuzz is growing.

It is definitely not old food - as the tank is new and my mom is pretty good with fish and could distinguish the old food from the fuzzy looking substance. I have a container full of these "things" but my camera can not seem to get a good picture of them.

While this substance has been in the container it has stayed on the bottom. When you hold it up to the light it looks like it has a hard "seedy" middle with fuzzy transparent edges.

ANY IDEAS?!

Thanks in advance for reading and trying to help us out =)

01-10-2008, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
jtbottoms Plankton Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Karma: 1	white fuzzy balls floating in my tank! HELP! Hello everyone. I am new here - as I am looking for some assistance with my daughters 10 gallon tank. It's a new tank, just setup last week. We let it cycle through for several days before introducing new fish. By the end of the week 4 out of 6 fish were dead. We took the fish back to the store and had them test the water, everything was fine except the ph was a little high. We cleaned out the tank tonight and there are white fuzzy balls that began floating everywhere. They look like they have seeds in the middle of the fuzz. I have a seperate small beta tank and on the bottom of the tank a big white ball of fuzz is growing. It is definitely not old food - as the tank is new and my mom is pretty good with fish and could distinguish the old food from the fuzzy looking substance. I have a container full of these "things" but my camera can not seem to get a good picture of them. While this substance has been in the container it has stayed on the bottom. When you hold it up to the light it looks like it has a hard "seedy" middle with fuzzy transparent edges. ANY IDEAS?! Thanks in advance for reading and trying to help us out =)