wardcarrie5 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I have a white matter growing on my substrate. I try to vacuum it up but keeps coming back any idea as to what this is? My tank is well established and no issue with ammonia/nitrite or nitrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Burkhalter Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Looks like it’s just build up of gunk. Just keep gravel vacuuming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardcarrie5 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Share Posted December 26, 2021 I’d normally agree but I’ve been vacuuming regular and it’s growing across substrate. I had even vacuumed up much of the gravel and replaced it and within a week it was all grey again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 It could be sloughing off the white rocks in the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeisgood Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Can’t tell from the picture if it is exactly the same kind of thing I had going on in my tank or not. But it turned out to be that I had a gypsum rock in my tank that was melting. I thought it was some kind of fungus but it wasn’t. Ended up vacuuming out the affected substrate and the remains of the gypsum rock. Does the water have a sulfur odor to it? Are your white rocks soft enough to scratch into their surface with your fingernail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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