I just went to my tank and turned the light on. I turn my lights on and see my driftwood covered in jelly! What is that?? Why is it doing that??
PLEASE HELP!!
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Either 1) bacterial growth (fungal) - did you boil the driftwood and rinse it thoroughly? or 2) snail eggs (but for that, you'd need a lot of pretty big snails).
If 1) is the more likely, I would remove it carefully and scald it or boil it if you have a large enough pan.
If 1) is the more likely, I would remove it carefully and scald it or boil it if you have a large enough pan.
How new is the driftwood? Did you treat it with boiling? I'd have to agree with the first response and venture that it's some kind of bacteria growth.
This is EXACTLY what happened to mine!
I boiled mine for several hours each day for several days, changing the water frequently. It got this whitish almost ghost like mist over it. I removed it, scrubbed ot with a very stiff nylon bristled brush and put it back in the tank and the "jelly ghost" stuff returned. I started a thread here about it and was told it would go away on it's own most likely when the right bacteria established to deal with it. It continued to grow and began to spread to a clump of java moss. At that point, I removed it and scrubbed it again and have left it out of the tank. I threw out the section of java moss it had invaded.
I called the company and spoke to their customer service rep about it who discussed it with their biologist and called me back. The biologist said it had to be orginating from my water. I have two other pieces of different drift wood in this tank - different type of wood - with none of this type of growth. We discussed me placing it back in the tank to hopefully grow it out again so I could send them pictures for some better identification.
I think I will send her a link to this thread as your pictures are pretty good and are exactly the same thing I had going on. It also looks like the same wood.
Is it Mopani wood from the Zoo Med company? That is what mine is.
Here is the link to my original thread discussing this problem:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153302
I boiled mine for several hours each day for several days, changing the water frequently. It got this whitish almost ghost like mist over it. I removed it, scrubbed ot with a very stiff nylon bristled brush and put it back in the tank and the "jelly ghost" stuff returned. I started a thread here about it and was told it would go away on it's own most likely when the right bacteria established to deal with it. It continued to grow and began to spread to a clump of java moss. At that point, I removed it and scrubbed it again and have left it out of the tank. I threw out the section of java moss it had invaded.
I called the company and spoke to their customer service rep about it who discussed it with their biologist and called me back. The biologist said it had to be orginating from my water. I have two other pieces of different drift wood in this tank - different type of wood - with none of this type of growth. We discussed me placing it back in the tank to hopefully grow it out again so I could send them pictures for some better identification.
I think I will send her a link to this thread as your pictures are pretty good and are exactly the same thing I had going on. It also looks like the same wood.
Is it Mopani wood from the Zoo Med company? That is what mine is.
Here is the link to my original thread discussing this problem:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153302
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yeah I had it on my mopan wood, it took about a month to establish and then go away.... not sure what it was, but it was gross. but I took everyones advice and let it alone. it went away 
now the log is green 
now the log is green