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Old 06-23-2012, 01:52 AM   #1
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What is this gunk?


So my ebi is in the process of a fishless cycle. I am 4 days in and this stuff is growing on my fluval shrimp stratum. Anybody know what it is? Algae or fungus?
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Old 06-23-2012, 01:58 AM   #2
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i've never seen white algae...looks fungusy.
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Old 06-23-2012, 11:07 AM   #3
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some gunk like that showed up some some dry aponogeton bulbs for me in the past, check for rotting organics, siphon it out...
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