It cleans off easily enough, but is comes back over time. Is this some sort of residue from water evaporation or is it something else?
2006-10-06 19:59:13 · 5 answers · asked by Reuben Shlomo 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
They call that "salt creep". It's the result of hard water and disolved salts. There is a product available fro Foster and smith to eliminate it, bu i wouldn't bother, it dosn't hurt anything and it's easy to clean up. Here is a link anyway. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4001&Ntt=salt%20creep&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1
2006-10-07 04:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by GuZZiZZit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have hard water, meaning that there are a lot of minerals disolved in the water. As it evaporates the minerals form that stuff.
It's pretty harmless, but I don't have any really sensitive fish.
I live in Sacramento California, and I have very hard water.
2006-10-07 03:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mineral deposits.
2006-10-07 03:06:35 · answer #3 · answered by p2of9 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that would be mineral and salt deposits, just wipe them off
2006-10-07 03:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by Loollea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its fishey spunk
2006-10-07 07:55:38 · answer #5 · answered by mark s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋