Plastic film on tank

[Sherilyn91]

Anyone know if it is normal? I jus started cycling and I saw these on the glass.. It's like a thin transparent plastic sheet and will drop off and float in water.. Is it normal?

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[asg]

_-" Is it those protection sheets on glass...

[Sherilyn91]

No eh. Don't feel so.. It will like melt when u take it up.. I have washed the tank previously and run on fresh water 2 days before removing and start the salt water cycle.. Fresh water no such issue..

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[asg]

cannot be so fast has bacteria sheet liao...

[Sherilyn91]

At first I tot is dirty but doesn't seems so.. Is it bacteria sheet?

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[asg]

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At first I tot is dirty but doesn't seems so.. Is it bacteria sheet?

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did any of your family members recently buy小白兔奶糖。。。

[Shadow Walker]

lol bro Andtsg, tats quite a wild guess. I think maybe got to do with the sand. You can try to slowly skim manually those sheets away from the surface but does it keep on reproducing? Does it look it oil substance?

[Sherilyn91]

Haha.. No leh.. Dunno what's it.. Anyone seen it before? Haha..

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[Sherilyn91]

Ooh. Ya maybe the sand cos it's new.. Ya slowly try and remove.. I dunno if it's reproducing.. Tonight will try to remove them..

Yes doesn't look like oil or oily.. At first I tot it's a plastic sheet tt drop into the tank.. But realise there are a lot coming from the sides..

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[asg]

lol bro Andtsg, tats quite a wild guess.I think maybe got to do with the sand. You can try to slowly skim manually those sheets away from the surface but does it keep on reproducing? Does it look it oil substance?

I thought TS is trying out sugar dosing ah

[asg]

Haha.. No leh.. Dunno what's it.. Anyone seen it before? Haha..

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The sheet shall be gone after some WC. Just keep siphon them out...

[Sherilyn91]

Ok sure.. Will do so.. Haha.. Thanks! Hopefully they don't reproduce again..

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[DottyClown]

Just a wild guess.

Maybe it is remains of the Silicone Glue used to fix the tank. Maybe the tank maker had a spillover and some glue dried up on the glass before he cleaned it up. Thus now seeing such "skin" peeling off.

[Sherilyn91]

The tank is a second tank.. Plus I run fresh water for 4 days to test but no such situation..

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[Sherilyn91]

I change water daily for 4 days.. Now much lesser alrdy.. But the water doesn't seems clear.. Any idea why? Can add anything to make it clear?

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[tofubox]

I would say it a bacteria problem u are facing. It should clear up, if u are carbon (sugar, vinegar etc) or bacteria dosing (i.e mb7) just hold it off for now.

[Sherilyn91]

I haven dose ath yet.. Ok sure.. Hope so.. Bro when will the diatom start ah? I nv on light yet.. Shld I do so?

[tofubox]

I like to cycle with my tank lights on, helps to encourage nuisance algae growth, so i can deal with it there and than, and not wait until u have corals. U can than treat these algae with chemicals or like raising magnesium and such. Your first set of clean up crew will also help to deal with this problem at the early stages. I have no idea if lights will actually speed up the cycling of tanks.

Its personal preference, theres no hard and fast rule. both works fine.

Diatoms will appear around day 8 - 10 of the cycle depending on ur system. It usually indicates the end of the nitrogen cycle. So it all depends on how much crap there is.

I would recommand running some activated carbon when ur reaching the end of the cycle.

[Sherilyn91]

Ooh.. Ok sure.. No prob.. Thanks for the advice!

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