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Sandy

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:42 pm
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Can anyone tell me why white foam has gathered at top of tank?

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:47 am
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On 28 Jan 2006 16:42:07 -0800, "Sandy" <slacagnina RemoveThis @earthlink.net>
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>Can anyone tell me why white foam has gathered at top of tank?


Too much disolved organic materials.

do you use a water conditioner? I used to put in too much and had
foam. Now I put in closer to the right amount, and I don't have faom.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:43 pm
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"Sandy" <slacagnina.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in news:1138495327.184299.144810
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> Can anyone tell me why white foam has gathered at top of tank?

It's protein skim due to too much un-dissolved organic waste. Reconsider
the amount of food you put in your tank, increase surface agitation, and
keep up with your weekly water changes.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:53 pm
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Charles <ckraft DeleteThis @SPAMTRAP.west.net> wrote in
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>>Can anyone tell me why white foam has gathered at top of tank?
>
> Too much disolved organic materials.

Un-dissolved organics actually. Proteins are broken down into their amino
acids when they dissolve. What you see as foam is a oil/water suspension,
which is why it floats mostly on the surface and will adhere to nitrogen
bubbles.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:03 pm
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dc <jdoe.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> "Sandy" <slacagnina.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote in
> news:1138495327.184299.144810 @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
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>> Can anyone tell me why white foam has gathered at top of tank?
>
> It's protein skim due to too much un-dissolved organic waste.
> Reconsider the amount of food you put in your tank, increase surface
> agitation, and keep up with your weekly water changes.


Oh... one other thing it could possibly be is a bubble nest, that is if
you're keeping bettas, gouramis, or any other of the labyrinth fishes.
Bubble nests tend to look a more like highly organized and localized clean
bubble groupings than plain old nasty foam though.
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