Mould in Mudskipper Tank

[Ashley]

Hey

I havent been here before, but I thought you might be able to help me out with a little problem. I've got several fresh and brackish water tanks already, and have just set up a tank specifically to house mudskippers (I haven't actually bought the mudskippers yet, but the tanks been running for a couple of weeks).

Anyway, At one end of the tank I have a large piece of bogwood that rises out of the water to make a perch, over the last few days white fluffy mould has started to grow over it, oviously beacause it's a warm moist environment. Does anyone have any ideas about how to get rid of it safely? I was thinking maybe I could seal the wood with something.

Cheers

Ashley

[OrionGirl]

Could you put in a powerhead that wuold output over the log? This is what I did in my newt tank--the top of the wood would get nasty because it was close to the surface, and when I moved a powerhead so it sprayed over the wood, leaving other parts still above water, it cleared up.

[Kagh't]

you won't be able to fully coat bogwood, theres too many little holes and things to be effective.

oriongirl has the right idea, by keeping it constantly wet, your preventing terrestrial mould (the stuff you have) by growing on it, and aquatic fungus is dead easy to treat if you ever get it.

[cdawson]

once you get the mudskippers they'll pretty much keep the driftwood wet all the time. Mine use their driftwood perch pretty much 24/7, I also recommend getting yourself some mangrove saplings to keep the nitrates down. Nitrates can be a problem when you don't have much water in the tank. 1 sapling per 10g will completely erradicate the nitrates and phosphates.
With the amount of water the mudskippers have on their bodies it's enough to completely wet the driftwood per every two mudskippers crossing it.

[Ashley]

Ta for the advice, I'm off to the fish shop now to choose my critters.

Ashley