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There are these small white hairlike particles that are stuck on the glass of the aquarium all the way around. I'm assuming that they must also be attached to my fish as well as the structures in the tank. This has been going on for awile and I usually just wipe the glass & it comes off. It doesent seem to affect the fish except for the occasional rubbing on something as if they had an ich. I have only seen a couple of them do this. But any way the ultimate question is, what is this? how serious is it? and, what steps do I take to remedy this? My water parameters are a ph 0f 8.2, ammonia 0f 0, nitrates between 20-40, nitrites of 0. Water Temp is 86F. African Cichild 55 tank. Used to be planted until about a week ago but the fish began destroying th plants so I removed them all. The only reason the plants were in there was b/c this was originally a community tank that I converted into a cichlid tank like 6 months ago.

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Hi there,
what you are experiencing is the growth of
a small organism. This particular one, which I
do not know the name of, grows on tank surfaces,
and waves in the water, eating up microscopic
debris in the water column. It is harmless, and will
only grow in tanks where water parameters are near to
perfect. A good sign of a healthy tank!



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Thank goodness, I'm finally doing something right.Thanx for the reply, I was getting worried.


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