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07/11/2009, 10:43 AM
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white spots on fish tank
I have white spots on the back wall of my fish tank it is an aquapod so the background is black. they are hard dots. about 3 days ago i got some pyramid snails but i don't think they are eggs or anything sorry i don't have a pic yet but they are hard little specs like pieces of sand. does anybody have an idea of what it may be? they don't move or anything. and i just added sand to the sandbed to help reduce nitrates. i have no idea what they are. the fish don't have any spots on them so i don't think its ich.
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07/11/2009, 11:16 AM
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I think maybe they are called foraminifera. They are normal. They sort of look like really tiny barnacles? You'll end up with them all over the place eventually.
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07/11/2009, 12:10 PM
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I believe that it's the start of coralline algae. I have them in my DT and fuges. They are hard like a calcareous material.
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07/11/2009, 03:01 PM
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cool i was woried for a minute there thanks for the info
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07/11/2009, 03:02 PM
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its normal after good growth you hardly notice them
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07/11/2009, 05:54 PM
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07/13/2009, 09:48 AM
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