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Any idea what this is floating on top of my water?
I can't even scoop this up with a brine shrimp net...
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wow i think you alkalinity is way to hi if i go by the pic it looks like snow corect
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thesaent14 wow i think you alkalinity is way to hi if i go by the pic it looks like snow corect
I am not dosing anything. I just tested, KH is at 9 dKH. Could my peppermint shrimp have had babies? It doesn't swim on it's own.
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can you take a zoom pic
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thesaent14 can you take a zoom pic
picked out a flake, here is the best pic I could take with my cheap camera
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ok here it go what you did to the tank before you saw this
what is the
ph in the tank i still think is snow in your tank tha happens when you tank pirm go out of wack
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thesaent14 ok here it go what you did to the tank before you saw this
what is the
ph in the tank i still think is snow in your tank tha happens when you tank pirm go out of wack
may have overfed but did nothing else.
ph is 8.2
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I found the fix. Just pointed my powerhead upwards and agitated the water surface and it was gone in an hour. Thanks guys.
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thats not good enough!!!! What was it?????????
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It's waxes, oils, proteins AKA scum
Pointing the powerhead toward the surface is exactly what the doctor ordered. You can have dead spots on the surface of the water too and cause oil slicks. Rearranging the powerheads or just forcing one up to make a chop, breaks up the slick so can be taken in through the overflow box,
skimmer etc.
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I agree with what he said. ^^^^
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was it on the surface or on the glass? I had the same problem with my tank (on the surface) and once i agitated the water with a
PH it was gone for good
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DML08 was it on the surface or on the glass? I had the same problem with my tank (on the surface) and once i agitated the water with a
PH it was gone for good
It was on the surface.
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mickster32 I found the fix. Just pointed my powerhead upwards and agitated the water surface and it was gone in an hour. Thanks guys.
It's amazing how much of a difference a little tweak can make
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Pointing the powerhead toward the surface is exactly what the doctor ordered. You can have dead spots on the surface of the water too and cause oil slicks. Rearranging the powerheads or just forcing one up to make a chop, breaks up the slick so can be taken in through the overflow box, 
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