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Post by todnjo on Aug 31, 2005 19:31:49 GMT 10
 I have put several new suction cups onto heaters, thermometers ect, and have also put a completely new heater into one tank. OK the problem is that the new rubber ( suction cups and the rubber heater parts) have developed a kind of fungus! Have never seen this before!!! Its weird, white , slimy, breaks up really easy when u touch it, looks like a fungus! Its awful, makes a mess of the tank. I have cleaned things once but some of the rubber parts i have had to clean twice.Hopeing it doesnt come back. Has anyone had this before? The fish seem unaffected as do plants, just on the rubber. 
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Post by Bumblebee on Sept 1, 2005 9:28:10 GMT 10
definitley, the first time you put anything in the tank with rubber and that white slimey coating grows. I am guessing because rubber is a natural sap-based product it might have something organic that a bacteria or fungus likes to grow on. Mystery snails seem to love the stuff and it disappears after a few weeks.
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Post by todnjo on Sept 1, 2005 10:08:03 GMT 10
I think you just hit the nail on the head for me. The tank with the fungus has NO snails in it. I will put some in from my other tanks. Thanks heaps. This had me stumped.
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Post by todnjo on Sept 1, 2005 10:33:44 GMT 10
Ok , i just put some snails in. The snails i have are dark brown with spots on them.
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Post by Cyberguppy on Sept 2, 2005 17:32:12 GMT 10
the little brown pond snails that multiply like crazy? I love em...they seem to clean off fuzzy gunk but a little slower than the mysteries.
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Post by todnjo on Sept 8, 2005 20:13:37 GMT 10
That was a great idea , since putting the snails in THEY HAVE CLEANED UP THE FUNGUS!!! The tank looks good now, i also think snails help with good bacteria from their gut as they browse and poop. Will put the extra snails in my pond.
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I have put several new suction cups onto heaters, thermometers ect, and have also put a completely new heater into one tank. OK the problem is that the new rubber ( suction cups and the rubber heater parts) have developed a kind of fungus! Have never seen this before!!! Its weird, white , slimy, breaks up really easy when u touch it, looks like a fungus! Its awful, makes a mess of the tank. I have cleaned things once but some of the rubber parts i have had to clean twice.Hopeing it doesnt come back. Has anyone had this before? The fish seem unaffected as do plants, just on the rubber. 
