Crawlie stuff on glass [Archive]

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 01:41 AM

What is this stuff? I've never had anything like this and keep wiping it off daily.

Is this the P stiff I hear you talk about here sometimes? Don't know how to spell it.

It's darned ugly whatever it is and almost as ugly as that java fern next to it. LOL

RobbieG

07-23-2007, 01:48 AM

Just got this for someone else - it may be but I can't tell from the photo

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RobbieG

07-23-2007, 01:53 AM

This one has a good photo of planaria on glass you can use to compare

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Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 01:57 AM

Did you forget to add the photo? What's funny about this is that I just upgraded the filter to a penguin 350 on this 20 gallon tank. If this is what you get with plants, I don't think I want any.

RobbieG

07-23-2007, 02:02 AM

The website I just added has a photo of them about halfway down

They are completely harmless - if they came in on plants just skip a few days feeding that tank - they will starve and your fish will probably eat the ones that don't

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 02:05 AM

These look like tiny hairs is all and they're all attached to the glass......everywhere. Smaller than an eyelash and white. Great.

RobbieG

07-23-2007, 02:07 AM

The link is really there now - my bad

Rue

07-23-2007, 02:50 AM

My planaria all died within a week...ain't got no more...

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 03:24 AM

Is that what it is you think? Perhaps a black out of the tank would help?

Rue

07-23-2007, 03:27 AM

No...they're animals, a bit of dark won't hurt them...

I did take advice from others...I vacummed the gravel, and then dramatically cut down on the feeding for a few days...

Dunno if it helped or not...but they ran their course quickly!

salman

07-23-2007, 03:29 AM

I have the same problem, but i am not wiping it lol. It's been there for like 3 days now.

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 03:32 AM

This is my planted tank so I haven't been cleaning the gravel in that one so I don't suck up the ferts. The gravel is pretty deep, tho, as some of the plants had a bigger root system. I do weekly water changes and suck off the top of the gravel for uneaten food.

Darned angels just spawned in this tank a couple hours ago so now I can't do anything about it right now. Why don't the fish eat this stuff?

Anyway, whatever I have doesn't look like worms. They aren't crawling......just there, stuck to the glass.

salman

07-23-2007, 03:34 AM

This is my planted tank so I haven't been cleaning the gravel in that one so I don't suck up the ferts. The gravel is pretty deep, tho, as some of the plants had a bigger root system. I do weekly water changes and suck off the top of the gravel for uneaten food.

Darned angels just spawned in this tank a couple hours ago so now I can't do anything about it right now. Why don't the fish eat this stuff?

Anyway, whatever I have doesn't look like worms. They aren't crawling......just there, stuck to the glass.

I think its algae, i got some of that when i put in the plants, and plants trigger algae since they need light.

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 03:45 AM

I think you may be right. This is only on the front of the glass and it's also the only side that keeps getting brown algae. It would be odd I think if it's a worm that it would only be on one side.

salman

07-23-2007, 04:02 AM

If they were worms, the fish would eat them for supper. It's algae. I think im pretty sure.

RobbieG

07-23-2007, 10:42 AM

Heres a planaria photo

salman

07-23-2007, 10:54 AM

Hobbs, do you have pleco's in your tank? After i took out my plecos i started noticing the algae. And i thought plecos were over rated lol.

Lady Hobbs

07-23-2007, 01:40 PM

Thanks for nice pic Robbie but no, that's not it. Yours are worms.....mine are hairs. I keep my tanks really clean so guess that's why I was so shocked to see this stuff. I think with also getting some brown algae I'm probably about to see the tank become a mess.

salman

07-23-2007, 01:42 PM

Thanks for nice pic Robbie but no, that's not it. Yours are worms.....mine are hairs. I keep my tanks really clean so guess that's why I was so shocked to see this stuff. I think with also getting some brown algae I'm probably about to see the tank become a mess.

Get some pleco's or the algae over night stuff, i still didn't try it so im not sure if it will work but its gotten some good reviews.

RobbieG

07-23-2007, 02:26 PM

Thanks for nice pic Robbie but no, that's not it. Yours are worms.....mine are hairs. I keep my tanks really clean so guess that's why I was so shocked to see this stuff. I think with also getting some brown algae I'm probably about to see the tank become a mess.

I would have been shocked if you had gotten it myself - is there any green at all in it?