I have a 10 gallon tank with 2 comet goldfish and I have had the tank for about 2 monthes now and there is this stuff that is growing on the side of the tank it is a brownish green and every time I see it I just scape it of with my finger and it comes right off but when I smell my finger it smelled really bad I was wondering if it was alge or those little tings that eat the waste of fish.Can you please tell me what it is and how to get rid of it if it is harmful to my fish
2007-03-13 14:30:47 · 11 answers · asked by Hadeel 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
It's algae and not at all harmful for your fish. Just scarpe it off before you do your regular water changes. (you are I hope ) Changing about 30-40% of the water every week and cleaning the gravel as you siphon out the old water will really help keep the algae from growing.
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2007-03-13 14:39:19 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't get a suckerfish. Goldfish can only live in the tank with other Goldfish. If you get a suckerfish, he may live in there for a week, maybe 2, and then he will die. It would be cruel. Goldfish produce an oil in their scales that is harmful to all other types of fish. It doesn't kill them right away, slowly...
My tank gets this on the glass too. I just wipe it off with a washcloth, and make sure to put Am-Quel every month to get rid of the ammonia - not sure what the brown stuff is, but it wipes off pretty easy. Sucker fish is a bad idea though.
2007-03-13 22:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by Trying 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably a mixture of the bacteria coming from your fish's waste along with algae. I would put the fish in a bowl that has the same temperature of their water, and clean their tank out. You normally have to do this every 2-3 months.
2007-03-13 21:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if its green its algae, if its brown its rotting fish food, your over feeding your fish.Which will cause more amonia in your tank. If its not gone in 30 seconds you over fed. The fishfood companies tell you to feed several times per day, because they want you to run out of fish food faster, so youll buy more. I just feed my fish once per day, some of them I feed every other day.
2007-03-13 21:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by intense 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks and smells nasty but if you have a filtersystem then wipeitdown with a clean rag (rinsed in vinegar then watter) and let the watter circulate for awhile then change the filter floss.Some fish benifit by this build up.
2007-03-13 21:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NOT harmful to fish. This usually means you need to clean & purify the water badly. No harm done. This could also be just extra food left over. Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
2007-03-13 21:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's algae, don't worry just scrape it off with an algae scrubber or a credit card if it's acrylic. Just want to say thank you for not keeping them in a cruddy bowl. Thank You Thank You THANK YOU.
2007-03-13 21:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's algae if you got it by a window it will make it worst so try to move away from a window. but it's fine you can buy a fish to eat that for you i call them a s*it eating fish but there is a name for them...lol
2007-03-13 21:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by nightsky1331 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Probably just algee. You can get a sucker fish if you want to keep you tank cleaner. They live on algee.
2007-03-13 21:43:01 · answer #9 · answered by little_miss_innocent_101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get an algea scrubber, algea smells gross, but it not harmful. Believe me, i have a pond snail, gotta feed it algea, powdered algea! gross
2007-03-13 22:04:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋