khowansky
New member
Hey everyone,
I'm a new axo owner and am losing my mind with a persistent fungal problem. (or at least I think it's fungus). It's VERY slimy and white. It covers everything from the sand to the fake plants to the pvc pipes. Things will stay clear for about 24-48 hours before the total takeover returns. We're using chlorinated water and the temp is about 62 and she's in a 20 gallon long tank. She's eating european nightcrawlers, no mess left in tank, all poops removed within a few hours. The water values are all within normal range based on the full api testkit workup. Here's what we've tried:
1. just scrub everything and put it back - didn't work
2. Scrub everything and 50% water change - didn't work
3. Scrub everything and 50% water change add cherry shrimp to eat it (she just ate them of course!) - didn't work
3. Take out EVERYTHING. Removed sand, plants, pipes, scrubbed every inch of the tank with baking soda. Boiled everything in the tank. Only put one pvc pipe (post boiling for 20 min) back into the tank with a brand new filter, brand new tubing. IT CAME BACK IN 48 HOURS! (we put tank starter in here too)
This has been a persistent problem for about a month.
We're at a loss here at what to try. This morning our axo (Baxter) had a small fuzz on one of her gills, so now I'm worried it's got her too. We now have her in a larger Tupperware and are planning on doing 90% water changes daily for her. And are thinking we'll just keep doing 25% water changes in the empty tank with a few tablespoon of non-iodized salt until it goes away? Is there something we're missing? We've spent so much time and money trying to stabilize the tank, we just want her to be happy and healthy! She seems completely unfazed, eating great, growing a lot, curious.
I can't get a good picture of it, but someone else posted about a similar problem and these are her pictures, ours look just like it: Photo 2018-10-03 11-48-37 Photo 2018-10-03 11-48-37 (4)
Has anyone overcome this problem? Is there something we're missing? Any help would be appreciated.
-Kristina
I'm a new axo owner and am losing my mind with a persistent fungal problem. (or at least I think it's fungus). It's VERY slimy and white. It covers everything from the sand to the fake plants to the pvc pipes. Things will stay clear for about 24-48 hours before the total takeover returns. We're using chlorinated water and the temp is about 62 and she's in a 20 gallon long tank. She's eating european nightcrawlers, no mess left in tank, all poops removed within a few hours. The water values are all within normal range based on the full api testkit workup. Here's what we've tried:
1. just scrub everything and put it back - didn't work
2. Scrub everything and 50% water change - didn't work
3. Scrub everything and 50% water change add cherry shrimp to eat it (she just ate them of course!) - didn't work
3. Take out EVERYTHING. Removed sand, plants, pipes, scrubbed every inch of the tank with baking soda. Boiled everything in the tank. Only put one pvc pipe (post boiling for 20 min) back into the tank with a brand new filter, brand new tubing. IT CAME BACK IN 48 HOURS! (we put tank starter in here too)
This has been a persistent problem for about a month.
We're at a loss here at what to try. This morning our axo (Baxter) had a small fuzz on one of her gills, so now I'm worried it's got her too. We now have her in a larger Tupperware and are planning on doing 90% water changes daily for her. And are thinking we'll just keep doing 25% water changes in the empty tank with a few tablespoon of non-iodized salt until it goes away? Is there something we're missing? We've spent so much time and money trying to stabilize the tank, we just want her to be happy and healthy! She seems completely unfazed, eating great, growing a lot, curious.
I can't get a good picture of it, but someone else posted about a similar problem and these are her pictures, ours look just like it: Photo 2018-10-03 11-48-37 Photo 2018-10-03 11-48-37 (4)
Has anyone overcome this problem? Is there something we're missing? Any help would be appreciated.
-Kristina