"Dog Slobber" in my tank?

All the rubber suckers anything rubber for that matter in my tank has this funny stuff growing on them, and it does not help me cleaning them because a couple of days afterward it is back again. If I can compare it to something it looks and feels like dog slobber though it seems the snails love the stuff. Any idea what it is?

Here is a image of it and it is a real pain cleaning it off.

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Whatever it is, I had the same thing but not for too long. My pleco got rid of it.

 

I think it's a kind of algea that grows on new tanks,it should be gone in about 2 months.

 

Urm....I had this problem too. I used to feed my goldfish flakes like everyone else and ended up with this goo on my heater and on all suction cups.

Its white algae. And plecos wont eat it. I asked a pet shop owner and he said its because of overfeeding and because the heater attracts particles to it. I didn't really know why. He said I should just remove the heater and stuff and wipe it off. I never had the problem again so severely. Now my jebo is getting a very thick slime coat on the inside of the tank. I think its from the fish though.

 

isnt it pond snail eggs. They look like white jelly

 

I dont think it is over feeding since it is a single fish and I am pretty careful when it comes to feeding since he gets pretty messy. And when ever I clean it, it just comes back.

Nope definitely not trumpet snails eggs. But thanks for the input guys I will definitely investigate this more.

 

I'm resurrecting an old thread here I know, but I'm having this same issue with a white opaque slime coating a piece of drifwood (mopani) in a new tank. Is this stuff harmful, and what are the causes? Can't be overfeeding as there are no fish in the tank yet

 

Totally normal with new wood. it goes away with time.

 

This is normal on driftwood dont worry the bacteria in your tank will eventually eat it all.

 

@Zoom and @hviviers75 thanks for this, you've put my mind at ease! :five:

 

Pleasure dude glad we could put your mind at ease!:five:

 

yeah only saw it as I was rushing off to work this morning, and planning on moving a fish in there tonight, so was worried it'd throw a spanner in the works there

 

I concur with @Zoom, totally normal I had it with my new planted tank a couple of weeks ago, with spider wood and driftwood, chatted to @Altum about it he said totally normal and it went away after a few days. I was under the mistaken impression my Ancistrus would eat it, but NO they do not!!! @Altum set me right on that...

 

Yeah, like everyone said, it's perfectly normal and part of the bacterial bloom that normally occurs in new tanks. Some fish do eat it, but not with much enthusiasm as far as I have seen. It seems to grow mostly on wood, especially mopani, and anything rubber/plastic.