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I noticed something strange today. A white layer of “something“ on my rock. What could that be:

Maybe the reason for my Opaes biting the dust? Looks kinda strange.

Where did the rock come from and what type is it?

I bought the rock from the local pet shrimp store. Sadly I dont know much about it. It’s a stone from the sea. Have you seen this white stuff before? It does not seem right to me.

Its hard to tell really, you can either leave it be and see what happens next or take it out and boil/clean it in some distilled/RO water and re add it to your tank.

Could this be lime from the stone oozing out?? Would this be poisonous to Opaes?

I'm not sure about the lime but does it just look like fuzz or does it look more like spider web style up close?

More like fuzz! Looks rough and uneven.

Problem after problem. Maybe I‘ll start a new tank... but I don‘twant to This will be my 3 tank in 3 months. What a drag

Could this be a fungus?

And here it is when I scrape it away...



I bought a new tank today I will keep it simple this time like Vorteil said

Maybe I will have two if the old one turns out all right