Coraline22002 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I just noticed this morning that my Anubias nana petite has something growing on it. I have been dosing with Stability when I do water changes and Easy Grow Fertilizer (1/2 pump) once a week as suggested (5-gallon tank). My other plants look fine and no sign of whatever that is. I read that it might be a fungus that will transfer to my fish so I pulled it out and threw it away (the plant not the fish). My last betta died with a fungal infection he never recovered from. I attached a picture. Please let me know your thoughts. All my other water parameters are within range. My ph is 8 but I do have very soft water. thanks! Amy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 2:37 PM, Coraline22002 said: I just noticed this morning that my Anubias nana petite has something growing on it. I have been dosing with Stability when I do water changes and Easy Grow Fertilizer (1/2 pump) once a week as suggested (5-gallon tank). My other plants look fine and no sign of whatever that is. I read that it might be a fungus that will transfer to my fish so I pulled it out and threw it away (the plant not the fish). My last betta died with a fungal infection he never recovered from. I attached a picture. Please let me know your thoughts. All my other water parameters are within range. My ph is 8 but I do have very soft water. thanks! Amy Sorry to hear. There’s no photo attached… can you try again?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coraline22002 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 There is a picture since the other isn't showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I am curious to read what our seasoned aquatic plant keepers have to say about this as well. I thought this was a sort of bio-film when I saw the same thing in person. I had similar growths on some African Fern, and an Anubias Petite Nana that I recently got from my LFS. I didn't think much of it until I read your story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coraline22002 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 I also thought it might be a harmless biofilm but now I'm so paranoid about my fish and don't want anything to happen to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 @Torrey @Mmiller2001 @Atitagain Is the white film on this anubias something to be worried about? Have any of you experienced this? I just had two plants with the same film that I put into my 75G a few weeks ago. Today I did see that one of my baby swordtails is missing a literal tail. Looks like needlefin, but water parameters are perfect, even <5ppm nitrate. Could the white film be the cause? I assumed it was an injury, now I'm second guessing, since the swordtail babies go through all of the plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Just guessing here. If it doesn't look like biofilm to you, maybe search for pictures of cyanobacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Could be a fungus. Can you pull it out and clean it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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