Goop growing in tank

[Bankertanker]

Good morning

There's this weird goop growing in my tank near the heater and in a few other places, does anyone know what this is?

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Good question? What I know for sure is, keeping your sand bed vacuumed monthly or every water change will keep things like diatoms, algaes and waste from building up. A really good habit to get into.

 

[LuizW13]

Are those pellet food on the sand? Are you cycling your tank by any chance?

 

[N.Sreefer]

Biofilm on the pellets that are breaking down

 

[Bankertanker]

Are those pellet food on the sand? Are you cycling your tank by any chance?

They are the pallets,

I vacuumed the sand and did a 25% water change and now going to see what happens.

Thank you!

 

[Bankertanker]

Biofilm on the pellets that are breaking down

Yes that is what it was,

I was able to take care of it.

Thank you!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Yes that is what it was,

I was able to take care of it.

Thank you!

If you've got anywhere near that much food hitting and staying on the sandbed, You are probably severely overfeeding.

 

[Bankertanker]

If you've got anywhere near that much food hitting and staying on the sandbed, You are probably severely overfeeding.

Yeah it was a mistake, but good thing I caught it now.

 

[N.Sreefer]

Yeah it was a mistake, but good thing I caught it now.

Ever consider a conch? I sometimes overfeed and do zero sandbed maintenance but the conchs turn the sandbed over for me and consume food/detritus. Never had a clean sandbed before getting one. And NP happy to help!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Ever consider a conch? I sometimes overfeed and do zero sandbed maintenance but the conchs turn the sandbed over for me and consume food/detritus. Never had a clean sandbed before getting one. And NP happy to help!

Conches are also my mvp of cuc!

 

[Bankertanker]

Ever consider a conch? I sometimes overfeed and do zero sandbed maintenance but the conchs turn the sandbed over for me and consume food/detritus. Never had a clean sandbed before getting one. And NP happy to help!

I have not, i just got into reefing about 4 weeks ago so still very new and still learning a lot,

I came from freshwater, have a 30 long community tank and always wanted to get into saltwater, so this is my first project.

Starting small so I can learn for the future.