my water has a film on it

my new aquarium has a film on top of the water why and what can i do to get rid of it

Do you have a pic of this?

no but i dont think if i took on it wound come out it dont have a color or anything to it it just nasty looking

hmm
im not sure w/o a pick. Dose it look like foam like you see in the ocean? Or like an oily substance?

it like a oily substance

Probably the food. Just skim it out like you do with the iol when you are cooking. I am pretty sure it is the food cause that is what happens to me in my big pond. I have to skim the film out like once a month

that what i was thinking to i been giving them chopped up cocktail shrimp once a week it might the oil from them what you think

Do you have air bubbles?

no air bubbles just like a hase film you can only see it if you sit on the floor and look up towards the light

Thats the problem...

thanks for the help im gonna do a water change thur. hope that helps it

Read this

http://www.usafishbox.org/diseases-and-disasters-f3/oil-spill-t2497.htm

KMX wrote:

Read this

http://www.usafishbox.org/diseases-and-disasters-f3/oil-spill-t2497.htm

that pic that texas holey rock put on there that looks exactly like the film on my tank

Then you need air bubbles. Read the post on that topic.

i pointed a power head at the surface of the water to stir it up maybe this will work

The film can be dust or from cooking with oils. Turn every thing off so that the water surface is calm. Cut a news paper so it will fit on top of the water. Lay the sheet of paper on the surface of the water. It will absorb the film and very little will be left if you pick the paper up gently. You may have to do it more than once to get all of the film

the power head worked its gone for now

joey wrote:

the power head worked its gone for now

Well, it's not gone, rather it has been mixed into the water. As other others said - surface agitation will keep it from accumulating on the surface and just be sure to do your regualar water changes - this IS the secondary reason for water changes in an aquarium, after (accumulation of foriegn materials from outside the aquarium: dust, oils, chemicals, etc.)

you might want to get one of those micro filter pads which take out small depree. you know like this. i guess it is called a water polisher.

If you have enough flow at the surface of you tank you will never see the film. It comes from the food you feed. I dont think its harmful

I had the ame problem a week ago and i took everyones advice, the Viva paper towel (lay it flat on the surface and it sucked the film rite up) and i added a 12 inch bubble bar at the back of the tank(oposite side of the suction tube) and WALLA problem solved. Crystal clear water again.

Oh yea, by the way Thanks everyone for the help. The link KMX posted was exactly what the problem was. Thanks again.

sal wrote:

Oh yea, by the way Thanks everyone for the help. The link KMX posted was exactly what the problem was. Thanks again.

wait who?

OOPS!! Sorry Holey Rock of TEXAS! I just glanced back at the old thread and i guess Kory copied the link when he agreed with you.
Sorry again.