Hey all
I keep finding small black bits of something all over my sand. It looks similar to the sand, but is lighter, so sits on top and is easily disturbed and floats around the water.
If left, it makes my water get quite murky, in a black sort of colour, unlike the usual green of a dirty tank.
If I leave the filter off, sometimes simply for the duration of the night, I wake and the water is incredibly black and murky.
It has happened twice. The first time, I sucked out as much as I could, but it seems to keep coming. I then siphoned out all my sand and water, rinsed the sand a lot, and put it all back in with fresh water.
I noticed it again recently, only about three months later, and have been doing larger water changes. I decided on a 3/4 water change, to get my tank clean, and it blossomed in a week and went very murky.
I've since decided to remove all the sand permanently, wiped down my tank and filled it back up.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows what this is? It doesn't wriggle around, but it starts to coat things. I washed all my ornaments and the week later, they had it all over them again. Is it some kind of algae?
I'm worried because I'm out of the country for four months and my less experienced partner is looking after my lotls. I don't want the black stuff to respawn and him have to deal with it
I keep finding small black bits of something all over my sand. It looks similar to the sand, but is lighter, so sits on top and is easily disturbed and floats around the water.
If left, it makes my water get quite murky, in a black sort of colour, unlike the usual green of a dirty tank.
If I leave the filter off, sometimes simply for the duration of the night, I wake and the water is incredibly black and murky.
It has happened twice. The first time, I sucked out as much as I could, but it seems to keep coming. I then siphoned out all my sand and water, rinsed the sand a lot, and put it all back in with fresh water.
I noticed it again recently, only about three months later, and have been doing larger water changes. I decided on a 3/4 water change, to get my tank clean, and it blossomed in a week and went very murky.
I've since decided to remove all the sand permanently, wiped down my tank and filled it back up.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows what this is? It doesn't wriggle around, but it starts to coat things. I washed all my ornaments and the week later, they had it all over them again. Is it some kind of algae?
I'm worried because I'm out of the country for four months and my less experienced partner is looking after my lotls. I don't want the black stuff to respawn and him have to deal with it