pieces of 1-2inch see through "silk" floating in water?

[Ron99]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Do you have a foxface? I have seen the same stuff your talking about come from that fish. Don't know if it was some kind of body waste or a mucus that would come from his skin.

+1 to this idea. Several types of fish will secret a mucous coat at night when they sleep to mask them from predators.