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Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	I have little spots covering the insides of the walls of my tank. They resemble snail eggs,but they are much smaller and completely cover the walls. It is also on the top of the water.They sway with the current like snail eggs do. I have no snails in the tank. Could this be algae? Bacteria? Any ideas? Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
JTF Enthusiast Posts: 245 Registered: 16-May-2004	Could you post a picture for us to look at.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Sorry, don't have the equipment. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
tetraman1225 Banned Posts: 155 Kudos: 51 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-May-2003	Does it look like little worms? I've seen them like that.
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Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	No, they look more like eggs.About the same size of this period. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
xxmrbui3blesxx Fish Master Posts: 1760 Kudos: 905 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Nov-2001	Those are very tiny eggs then!
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Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	So, I just wait and see what I get thousands of? Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
puddle cat Hobbyist Posts: 84 Kudos: 78 Votes: 446 Registered: 25-Apr-2004	Hi Kim, what is in your tank, stockwise?
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Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	It's overstocked. 29gal: 5 cories,5 zebra danios,2 giant danios,3 gouramis,3 mollies,1 electric yellow,1 brichardi an 2 neon rainbows. I pay for the overstocking with deeper cleanings and 50% water changes weekly. It's been cycled. Nitrates are up a tad because it's two days away from the water change. I've just noticed this since my last water change. It completely covers all four sides of the tank. Kim ps. none of my other tanks have this. I do all my water changes on the same day.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Killifisher Fish Addict Posts: 722 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Jun-2002	Cories often lay eggs on walls. I don't know what they look like, just that they lay eggs on walls of the tank. Perhaps? Chris
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	They are too small to be cory eggs. The eggs that corys lay are about the size of this "o". Are they tiny bubbles? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	They can't be eggs. They are on every side of the tank from top to bottom.They aren't bubbles, they stay in place on the walls and sway back and forthe with the water current. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Bearded Frog Hobbyist Posts: 147 Kudos: 134 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-Apr-2004	I think I know what you mean. I used to get em all the time. I think its a form of algae. I dont get it anymore though. My tank went from those to brown algae and now green and blackish green algae.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
wishgarden Small Fry Posts: 12 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Jul-2004	I have had this in my tank. It's just starting to ease up a bit. Having asked every fish store employee I could get in touch with, it seems this is a type of algae. Just put up with it for a little longer and it should ease. then you will go through another type of algae phase, then all should be okay. I scrub my front panel regularly, otherwise I can't see my fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
AngelZoo Fish Addict Posts: 771 Kudos: 501 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-Dec-2003	I think I also have what your are talking about, but in my cichlid tank. Scrub it off for weekly water changes, but it all keeps coming right back. This last time it's not as bad as previous occasions however. I'm not sure what they are, but they/it seems to be harmless so far.
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