Darth Mollusk Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) I woke up to my newish 29 gallon to find globs of this weird white stuff I'd never seen before. It's like wet toilet paper if toilet paper were made of jelly. It breaks up when I try to pick it up. It's almost like very very thin calamari or something. Any thoughts? I added a bunch of new plants yesterday, and I can't imagine that's a coincidence. But what is it? The only thing in there is a mystery snail who had to be separated because he was mounting the others so much he was wearing down their shells, and two amano shrimp. All look happy as clams. Tank has been running about 10 days with one Co-op sponge filter and a HOB with established filter media. Sand substrate capping eco-complete with a little bit of soil on the bottom. Temp: 75 PH: 7.5 Ammonia: 0 Nitrites: between .25 and.5 (API kit) and I'm about to do a 50% water change. I dose with Easy Green, and my well water has iron in it. I've got a number of emersed plants, too--pothos and peace lily. I also use Co-op root tabs. I've got drift wood, ludwigia, a red dwarf lily bulb starting to sprout, cryps, java fern, anubias, four leaf clover, cardinal plant Everything was going so well 🤦♂️ Edited June 23, 2022 by DarthMollusk Add details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 That looks like an undissolved capsule from a root tab that has surfaced. Do you use root tabs? 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mollusk Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 I use the co op tabs and put a bunch in yesterday! (I'm not used to the capsule kind). Phew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl P. Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Hah! Yeah I kind of freaked out when I first saw that too. It took me a bit to figure out that it was a root tab shell. 🤭 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mollusk Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 On 6/23/2022 at 9:26 AM, Cheryl P. said: Hah! Yeah I kind of freaked out when I first saw that too. It took me a bit to figure out that it was a root tab shell. 🤭 My first assumption is always chaos and destruction that I somehow caused. And I certainly caused it, but it's not quite chaos and destruction 😆🙈 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Brutting Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 You can poke a hole in one end with a tac and hold underwater and push all the air out so it won’t float back up. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mollusk Posted June 23, 2022 Author Share Posted June 23, 2022 @Kurt BruttingI'll do that! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl P. Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Also, this DIY project has been a dream for root tab placement. I have broken the wooden dowel a couple of times but it was easy to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichNJ Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Just had this happen to me too. Anyone ever see fish actually eating the white capsule cover? I’m assuming it’s harmless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayturs Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Depending on your tank build, you can nix the capsule entirely to avoid the annoying floating or turning to jelly. My last setup I cut the tips off the capsules and just dumped the contents into the bottom of the tank before putting in my sand layer on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 I'll be honest. I was pretty confused and worried looking at that thing in the OP and then I saw the reply explaining what it was and had this massive wave of relief. LOL. Nicely done @Guppysnail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 OMG!!! IVE TOTALLY WONDERED WHAT THAT WAS A FEW TIMES TOO!! Ty for posting and ty for all who answered!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnsleyBleu Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I just had this too and freaked out. Ha! Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccurtis Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Definitely a root tab capsule. I went down this road too. I was like what is that? The capsule is harmless the the animals and if you swish it around it will dissolve all the way. They definitely disintegrate when you try to pick them up after they have been there for while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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