Hi,
I have had a betta housed in my 3g. Eclipse tank at my office for a couple years now. Everything has been fine up until recently...
A month or two ago, I purchased a small piece of aquarium driftwood from my LFS to add to the decor of the tank. Within a week or so, I noticed a strange white growth on the wood. I scraped it off, but it keeps coming back stronger. Some of the growth is almost lichen-like in appearance, and some of it is more spongy looking. I have used driftwood in nearly ALL of my freshwater tanks, for years and years and this has never happened.
Now, I know that strange things grow in tanks sometimes, and I didn't think it would be much of a problem, but today I've noticed that the water is starting to smell pretty strongly of rotten eggs, which has also never happened before.
I am going to totally clean out the tank this afternoon, and toss the driftwood, but I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas about why this may have happened? Like I said, I've used driftwood many times in the past with no problems. The only thing I didn't do this time, was boil the driftwood, which I have always done in the past. Could this have been the culprit?
Thanks in Advance~
I have had a betta housed in my 3g. Eclipse tank at my office for a couple years now. Everything has been fine up until recently...
A month or two ago, I purchased a small piece of aquarium driftwood from my LFS to add to the decor of the tank. Within a week or so, I noticed a strange white growth on the wood. I scraped it off, but it keeps coming back stronger. Some of the growth is almost lichen-like in appearance, and some of it is more spongy looking. I have used driftwood in nearly ALL of my freshwater tanks, for years and years and this has never happened.
Now, I know that strange things grow in tanks sometimes, and I didn't think it would be much of a problem, but today I've noticed that the water is starting to smell pretty strongly of rotten eggs, which has also never happened before.
I am going to totally clean out the tank this afternoon, and toss the driftwood, but I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas about why this may have happened? Like I said, I've used driftwood many times in the past with no problems. The only thing I didn't do this time, was boil the driftwood, which I have always done in the past. Could this have been the culprit?
Thanks in Advance~