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my fish food in cycling tank has a fluffy membrane around it ???
i have an ammonia lvl around 4, am fishless cycling without fish. I have been 'feeding' the tank with micropellets. When I move around the bottom of the tank (arranging plants, rocks, driftwood etc that I already had in there). The pellets once they are softened, after a day or so become covered in a fluffy looking bubble thingo!!!! Is this bacteria collecting their goodies???
before any of you smart*&%$s say 'doh, "fishless cycling without fish"', i know i know just eager to get all my responses...please be nice
mmmmm.. ok, is that good mold?
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
i just dropped a cocktail shrimp in there and left it. it was so much easier and i could see the decomposition and was easy to siphon up afterward. it's great that you're cycling this way!! the little fishies of the world thank you
- 1 decade ago
that's normal so don't worry. just keep adding the food and testing the water chemistry to see where you are in your cycling process.
usually by the end of the fishless cycle your tank will look all discusting because you shouldn't be doing water changes so once you are done with the fishless cycle and are ready to add your fish you should do a 50% water change and after a few days of your fish being in the tank you should do like 10% of your tank gravel vaccuum and a 20% water change.
here is link that you can read about fishless cycle.
http://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/freshwater-begin...
good luck!
Source(s): lots of reading and experience
