I got this driftwood a couple of week ago and just noticed this weird gunk on it a couple of days ago.
What is this on my driftwood?
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It's hard to tell in the picture. Can you describe it? Algae maybe. I know a white fungus type stuff is somewhat common on newer driftwood and it goes away and does not harm the fish.
It doesn't usually last long though. Just wipe it down with water changes...couple of weeks it will be done.
Didn't work out that way for me, but my BN pleco *loved* it. He had another piece of driftwood to rasp on, but he kept coming back to the one with the fungus. Between him and the RCS, it's 99.9% gone, just a few little patches left, mostly in crevices.
I don't really know the difference, but the seller got the wood from the beaches of Lake Erie.
Does it kind of look like snot?
It's probably the same thing my buddy encountered earlier this year. He put a nice piece of mopani wood into his tank, and within a few days the "snot" developed.
For what it's worth, it didn't seem to hurt anything and cleared up on it's own after a few weeks. Just as important, he never saw any changes in pH, nitrates, nitrites, etc.
It's probably the same thing my buddy encountered earlier this year. He put a nice piece of mopani wood into his tank, and within a few days the "snot" developed.
For what it's worth, it didn't seem to hurt anything and cleared up on it's own after a few weeks. Just as important, he never saw any changes in pH, nitrates, nitrites, etc.
