General Care Discussion

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:07 pm **Pink stuff in filter...**

I was hoping someone could tell me what this might be.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:07 pm

Pink algae?

I think some algae strains have been "turned pink" so they can see where they go. Like for habitat conservation.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:21 pm

What kind of pellets do you give them? I used to feed Ralph gammarus pellets, and they tinged his poop (and therefore filter) a reddish/orange colour.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:22 pm

Some bacteria colonies that occur around water are pink.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:39 pm

That's a fluval sponge.....You sure it's not the color of the sponge?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:44 pm

The color is basically uniform, so I'm guessing jozzep is correct in saying that is the original color.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 11:47 pm

The poop itself seems to be a normal colour.. and for the record,the sponges are always white lol

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:14 am

One thing it is for certain is gross. Bleh.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:19 am

Maybe can you take it into a pet or pond store and see if they can analyze it? Or even just take them the pic?

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:25 am

That happens in my 20 gallon fish tank. I though it might be from the cherry shrimp (they were getting into the filter and breeding) I took them out and put them in a different tank, and it still happened. I think it's some kind of algae or bacteria but it hasn't affected my water chemistry and all my fish seem healthy...so I don't think it is dangerous.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:41 am

jenaero wrote:The poop itself seems to be a normal colour.. and for the record,the sponges are always white lol

For the record.....You're wrong.Mine are yellow orangish.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:42 am

Let me re-phrase that.. the sponges that I've been buying for the last 5 years have always been white.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:27 pm

I think they start off white when they're brand new, then as they get used they get stained yellow/brown, no matter how much you clean them

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:53 pm

jozzep, i've come across some that were like that in the box.. i'm guessing they've just been sitting on the shelf too long. Probably no harm, but I avoid them.

Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:23 am

did you give your turtle pellet that colors red?? or fish that red colors? its could be the waste from turtle and stuck on that sponge and be a colonies bacteria. then there you go...

but its cool....

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