What is this clear slime in my aquarium?

Question

Suddenly I have this clear slime in my 29 gal. fresh water aquarium. It is mostly in the gravel and artificial plants but there is alot of it, Is it some kind of Algae? Everything else seems fine and my fish seem healthy.

Answer 1

A clear slime is usually caused by bacteria, not algae.

Make sure your water parameters are correct:

*Ammonia 0
*Nitrites )
*Ph depends on your fish type
*GH and KH generally between 50-200 ppm (again, this depends on fish type)
*Do NOT over feed and be careful of fish foods high in cereals and incomplete fish meals that tend to pollute more (such as TetraMin)
*CHANGE WATER!, preferably with a gravel vacuum to remove the slime (about 25% or more), here is a link to a picture of a gravel vacuum: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/images/graphics/gravelvacuum10.jpg

For more aquarium information and articles, I recommend these two sites:
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Information.html
http://aquarium-answers.blogspot.com/

Answer 2

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I think the 2 previous posters lack a lot of knowledge as does the OP. The obvious problem here is 3 goldfish in a 10 gallon tank. That should read more like 3 goldfish in a 75 gallon tank, if not larger. Goldfish produce a lot of waste and require a lot of space and a minimum of double filtration. You can do whatever you want to your current set up, you're never going to fix the problem. You will be lucky if the fish live 6 weeks. Fish require adequate filtration and adequate tank maintenance in order to live long and happy lives. Good water quality is the solution to 99% of the posts here on yahoo. Everybody thinks they are doing a good job, but what they are doing is often so laughable...it boarders on animal cruelty. You need to upgrade to a much larger tank ASAP or give the fish away. They will die from Ammonia poisioning in no time with your current set up. Even if you could manage the Ammonia and Nitrite, the Nitrate levels would skyrocket and kill them. Look at a 125 gallon or 150 gallon tank so that you can have the 3 goldfish as the centre piece of your community. I'm not trying to be mean, but what you're doing is horrible.

Answer 3

it most likely is some type of algae. You can go to a pet store and get algae remover for the tank. mag floats help. Do a water change every few days.

Answer 4

if its clear clear and in globs and not just coating things, but like a blob of goo on things, then chances are its pond snail eggs. they are horrible and just suddenly appear. I had clear goo once too, the next week, snails EVERYWHERE, but I hadn't gotten new plants, new fish, or anything in months, they just suddenly appeared. Sometimes one tiny snail gets in with a new fish or plant and stays hidden for ages, then bam, there are loads of the little guys. I would remove as much as possible with a siphon etc, you do not want these kind of snails, they are nasty, hard to get rid of, and don't live long yet breed fast, so the dead ones always pollute the tank.

Some loaches and things will eat them, but the best snail eaters are clown loaches which will outgrow a 29g. :/ Best to just keep removing snails and eggs when you find them til you get rid of them all (its taken me a year in some tanks)

Answer 5

ITs algae.