Detritus problem

hannarm06

hannarm06

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There's always brown slimy gunk floating around or settled at the bottom of her tank (the stuff between the glass and the coconut). I had some pothos in there for a while that were rotting (I didn't know the leaves weren't supposed to be submerged) and I thought that may be the issue. Removing it and replacing it with some fresh anubias and Java moss/fern helped some but there's still quite a bit of the slime. She eats whole worms and I never leave uneaten food in there. Parameters are good and she's a healthy girl but idk why there's so much gunk. Any ideas as to what it could be and how to mitigate it? It’s annoying to clean and also a layer of it builds up over the filter and I don’t want that to interfere with the filtration
 

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One solution (easy) could be to move the coconut away from the glass to leave enough space for the animal to walk around it.
Water would also circulate better.
 
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