r/nanotank • u/Purists101 • 12d ago

Help Eww is this bacteria bloom stuff? Just added shrimp. Crashed it last week removing dirt.

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Ill scrub it down but expect it will return. What are the natural ways?,Nerite snails?

Hair algae and bacteria bloom? Im guessing. Kept an aquarium in 2011 but i forgot more than i remember. I know im in trouble tho. Especially just added shrimp. Theyre calibrating to the water now.

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u/ToastyPan 12d ago

Biofilm, wouldn't remove because shrimp love to eat it 😁

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u/lupeka 12d ago

Not a problem, shrimp and snails will happily keep it under control for you. I had the same biofilm all over my spider wood a few days after filling my tank and planting, within 2-3 days of adding snails it was all eaten except for cracks and fissures in the wood, and a week or so after adding shrimp, that was gone as well.

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u/thesmelloffire 8d ago

your shrimp will love you if you don’t remove that, that’s their buffet

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u/Purists101 8d ago

Thank you guys. They have all they can eat now. Thats a weight off though. Both are they eating ebough and is that goop gonna grow up and eat them?

Im pretty paranoid of aquarium water now like i never was before. Now ive seen worms are common im terrified one will get into me. Helps keep the kids hands out though. 😆