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Old 11-25-2007, 03:51 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi there all,

Since a few weeks I have a strange white mould on the window of my aquarium and its moving. If I check a few hours later, it has moved, also crawls on plants and stones. Anyone knows what this is, and how to get rid of it?



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Old 11-25-2007, 05:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I have never seen something like that before. Are there more of those
'moulds' ?



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Old 11-25-2007, 11:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Thats very strange! Can you net it out?
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I am not sure what they are but I have heard that there is a rare freshwater species of a type of tube worms like the marine species but for the moving around the aquarium I have no idea how. sounds like you got a new strange creature lurking in your tank.
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Myxomycota? It's a form of slime mold that moves to feed and, if I remember correctly, is completely aquatic. Not sure if that's the complete name but that's all I can remember.
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Wow pretty interesting, I just read up on the Myxomycota at a few sites - never really heard of it. It seems it's terrestrial according to this site though:
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Perhaps some are aquatic? Perhaps this is something similar?
It would be cool to see a time-lapse of this thing moving around the tank!
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Kept thinking about this, so I started digging.
Found this on the 'net. Scroll down and it shows pics similar to the one Adewilt posted.
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Yes, that looks like a match for the most part.





Those are some odd lifeforms!
I wonder what they would look like under actinics, that page says some glow in the dark and are bioluminescent!
Nice find!
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this is a harmless mould, i have it in my tank and i have forgetten its name, does it move like coral if so then it is the same, one that i have and the only fish species to help get rid of it without using a chemical
is the Siamese flying fox, they have control mine, the plecos dont like it

hope this helps, if i can see some i will get a pic for you
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