Treating Driftwood Fungus

[nagukush]

Hi Friends !

The Fungus on my Driftwood is just flourishing like anything.

The website below says that the Fungus will go off by itself and some fishes like to eat this fungus. Just wanted to request you to kindly advice a few fishes that would cler off this fungus. I read somewhere that Sucker cats and plecos eat and clean the fungus and I transfered a Clown Pleco in to the tank from another tank, but it doesnt even go near the fungus. Infact all my fish and shrimps never even go near this driftwood because of the fungus. Kindly help me.

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/aquarium_plants_and_driftwood.htm

Also will any anti-fungal treatments for the fish, work for this fungus ? Is there any good anti-fungal medicine that will kill this fungus and at the same time not harm the fishes and shrimps.

Kindly advice friends.
Thanks !
Kush

[NeonFlux]

Bristlenose pleco might clear the fungus up

[Bk718]

i had fungus on my driftwood a while back and dont think the pleco ate any of it.. it just went away by itself, if anything ghost shrimps had a bite at it a few times..

[legendaryfrog]

How about you just take the driftwood out and wash off the fungus yourself?

[Bk718]

How about you just take the driftwood out and wash off the fungus yourself?

still has a chance of coming back since at times its whats inside the wood thats causing it..

[mellowvision]

yes, I agree with bk828... I've found the fungus comes back more often if you wash the wood repeadedly... instead I prefer to let it die off on it's own, and use a hose to siphon off any large bits of it at water change times. as it begins to die down you'll notice your shrimp and cats eating it. It seems to me that it's some aging/leeching process going on, and the fungus dies when it has exhausted the wood, or created a film...

[maxthedog123]

I just had that problem with wood in a new tank about a month ago. Covered the whole peice, and then died off very suddenly after about 2-3 weeks.

[Fishfiles1]

i have a problem like that, its only about 1/8th of an inch tall (very small but noticable) but should i just leave it and it will go away??

[J double R]

did you properly prepare the wood before putting it in the tank?

[Fishfiles1]

the pet store said that i didnt have to because it was grade A drift wood, already treeted

[Spewn]

My apple snails love to munch on that stuff. Hearing that it's gonna disappear makes me sad for them :( Oh well. I wouldn't worry about it too much unless it's becoming quite unsightly. Mine hasn't grown to be that long at all, but I do think the snails are keeping it trim.

[J double R]

the pet store said that i didnt have to because it was grade A drift wood, already treeted


"grade A"? sounds kinda hokey to me. try prepping the wood and then putting it back in the tank. visit the article section, there is a writeup there about how to do it.