Question: Residue?

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So burrito's offspring have been doing well-i am seeing hind legs and 1 (who i have named quesadilla) is already 2 inches in length
they have taken to dead bloodworm chunks better than live blackworms (especially the albinos) and i am very satisfied with their growth
i clean the water each night but i have noticed whitish filmy residue on the floors of the containers
should i wipe this away tonight when i clean them?
 
Yes. A bacterial film develops, especially on plastic. Some people scrub and sterilize, I just wipe it of and rinse.

I haven't seen this happen with my baby axies (maybe because I don't let the film build up), but with bottom feeding fish fry, such as corydoras species, the fins that touch the bottom will be eaten away by the film. (They grow back once you start removing the film - voice of experience here.)
 
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