Weird brown balls

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

Hey all. Wondering if anyone might know what these brown balls are? They showed up out of nowhere. Food maybe??

LAA · Feb 25, 2022

Never seen that before..

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

LAA said:
Never seen that before..

Wondering it maybe it’s too much food being left over possibly? I think my coral banded might be rolling it under these rocks. Lol

Utubereefer · Feb 25, 2022

Looks like dog food

Chrisv. · Feb 25, 2022

No idea! Following.

blaxsun · Feb 25, 2022

The cat is playing tricks on you.

LAA · Feb 25, 2022

Utubereefer said:
Looks like dog food

Yeah lol

Lyss · Feb 25, 2022

It does look like food. Maybe either it's blowing around and collecting there, or something is stashing it away lol.

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

Lyss said:
It does look like food. Maybe either it's blowing around and collecting there, or something is stashing it away lol.

I think this is what I’m looking at!

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

blaxsun said:
The cat is playing tricks on you.

Haha

Daniel@R2R · Feb 25, 2022

Never seen that before. Is it possible that someone else (a kid maybe) put something into the tank? I concur that it looks like dog food to me.

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

Daniel@R2R said:
Never seen that before. Is it possible that someone else (a kid maybe) put something into the tank? I concur that it looks like dog food to me.

Naw it’s definitely not dog food. I’m chalking it up to over feeding and this is swirling around on the bottom of the tank

vetteguy53081 · Feb 25, 2022

Looks like swollen pelleted food. Is it soft and rigid?

Joshcallaghan85 · Feb 25, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Looks like swollen pelleted food. Is it soft and rigid?

I haven’t taken it out. I only feed frozen and the vitalis grazing rings

vetteguy53081 · Feb 25, 2022

Joshcallaghan85 said:
I haven’t taken it out. I only feed frozen and the vitalis grazing rings

yeah, the grazing rings which looks like lifesavers will swell when not eaten.
using a paper towel will determine if soft or not. One test you can do is place a ring in water and see how it looks in 24-48 hours.
You will then know