audi206rs4 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 i'm currently cycling my tank and everything is going well... the tank cycled in about a week and a half, but i'm just letting it run and get more established. i did a 10% water change (to lower the nitRATES to control algae growth) and i put some calaurpa and various macro-algae in my fuge this past weekend. i'm noticing that there is a build-up of film and bubbles in the planted part of my fuge. my 10 gal. is super clear with just some slight algae growth... but anyways, it just looks like the water has been stagnant but my fuge has very good flow, it's just on the surface. is this something i should worry about, is it normal? 10 gal. aga w/2x36w jbj combo 2.5 gal. custom fuge w/18w jbj combo about 18 lbs lr (about 1 lb in fuge) about 13 lbs ls (about 1 lb in fuge) maxi-jet 1200 mini hob catalina 50w titanium heater thanks guys and gals! Link to comment
audi206rs4 Posted September 3, 2003 Author Share Posted September 3, 2003 and what kind of animal is this? it looks kinda like a centipede. it moves in both directions fairly quickly, it seems to have two heads. it's out and about eating on my lr and even seems to be eating the algae on the glass. hmmm...??? Link to comment
blk_g20 Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 probably a bristle worm, everybody seem to think they're good to have. Link to comment
Dingo Posted September 6, 2003 Share Posted September 6, 2003 The film on top of your water is there because the surface of the water is not getting broken by any water flow. You would have the same film on the rest of your tank if you let the surface get still for a while. Frankly, I don't know if you should worry. You can get rid of it by sweeping a paper towel across tha surface and keep it away by roiling the surface of the water. Link to comment
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