White Foam on Driftwood?!?!?

[DoN_WoN]

Ive been cycling my 2.5 gallon RCS tank with media from my other two tanks, i have ghost shrimp and one snail in it, ive had a piece of driftwood in the tank since day one, but then this morning i woke up and looked in my RCS tank.on the piece of driftwood there is this white foamy stuff on it..

what is it?
is it bad?
what do i do to get rid of it?

heres some pics of it

 

[DarrylR]

What kind of wood, maybe its the wood rotting?

 

[spunjin]

It is a fungus. Most driftwood gets it at the beginning but it will go through a lifecycle. It is harmless and some fish/shrimp will enjoy munching on it. It will go away in about a week.

 

[DoN_WoN]

What kind of wood, maybe its the wood rotting?

It's mopani driftwood from petco

 

[petluvr]

Completely normal it will go away.

 

[zpromoter]

That is great to hear. I was worried about the same thing. i also have the mopani wood from petco. I won't worry about it now though.

 

[katana1200]

:iagree: Same mopani wood from Petco. Same white cottony fungus. My Briggs (Diffusas), SAE's and Amanos loved it. Took care of it in about 1 week's time. Harmless, actually a tasty treat I imagine.

 

[FasterShrimpo]

Molly's gobble driftwood fungus up like crazy, but yes it's completely harmless and my MTS love it, well at least until it went away in a week.