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is it dangerous for the fish to have fish food fungus in their tank???? if so wat does it do to the fish???is their any way to get rid of it???



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is fish food fungus what you usually get in ponds if food is uneaten if it is then i think it is harmless but dont go on my word ask people that work in shops for aquariums


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Uneaten fish food should be removed from the tank within 24 hours of feeding. If you are having uneaten food, maybe you are feeding too much & so you must cut down on foods.


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i do clean up the uneaten food.. i was just wandering b/c my friend was telling me that his tank had some kind of fungus from the food he was giving the fish... i just want to know if fish food fungus deadly to fish??????????????????????

If the food is left to that point of fungus appearance while in the tank, then there will be a detrimental effect on water quality.

Also food that is improperly stored can cause aflatoxin poisoning. This mould can be fatal. Also store food according to the manufacturer instructions and never use expired food.

what would happen if theres food fungus in the water,,, is it dangerous for the fish??????

Ummm, people are trying to answer your question as best they can, from the info you are giving them.

You seem like you are "yelling" when you use punctuation excessively like:
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im not yellin its jus the way i write... im not yellin.

in a way, yes it will due to bad water quality. but no as they wont eat the food if it has fungus on it.

and it sounds to me, if your friend isn't cleaning the tank he shouldn't have one.

what do you mean by "bad water quality"?

uneatten food will fowl water causing fish to die in untreated, so it would make sense to clean the tank and and uneatten food.

ooo ok thanx for your answers to my questions my friend is thankful also

one more question does every food turn into fungus?? does shrimp pellets turn into fungus?

i think most if not all foods that are left in water un eatten will cause fungus.

ok thanx

All organic material that is not living and growing will be broken down by bacteria into ammonia. Nonliving organic material would be fish food, fish waste, and dead plant matter while living would include any fish or plants. Ammonia is toxic but gets turned by other bacteria into nitrites. Nitrites are less toxic but still deadly and once again bacteria turns nitrites into even less toxic nitrates. Nitrates are the least toxic form but if left to build can also be deadly. You would need around 40 times as much nitrate to be as toxic as ammonia. It's preferable to keep nitrates below 20ppm and some fish still won't tolerate nitrates kept in that range.

If you don't keep your tank clean then either the nitrates will get high enough to do damage or kill your fish or your tank will run out of space for the bacteria to live and you will start to get ammonia and nitrites which will kill fish and possibly within a few days. So no the fungus will not kill your fish directly but the food that is breaking down and allow the fungus to grow will.