Adding wood

[freespool]

I currently have a few small pieces of drift wood in my tank (red stuff smooth on one side with holes/grooves on the other). I recently got a very large piece of drift wood from someone. I am not sure of the type of wood, but it is very dark. I have been soaking it in water for a few weeks and it has finaly sunk. Do you think it would be OK to add to my existing tank or should I not risk it and just save for a startup with the next tank. While soaking it did get some kind of snot growth coming off of it. It wiped off
Thanks

[Zebvance]

I would put it in another tank if you have one lying around and fill it up with water, let it sit for a week and check to see if the parameters of the water change. Thats what I did with my pieces that I got of f the beach after I soaked them in my hot tub and pressure washed them.

[stevenallenbarnard]

the slimy "snot" was just fungus, pretty much the same kind that grows on uneaten food left in the tank (thank you Traci) It goes away after a while or plecos and other algea eaters can eat it too. It should be fine to add to your tank, just expect it to turn your water a little brown for a while. (this can be remedied by adding some purigen to your filter)

[screename]

Boil it. problem solved

[mark razmandi]

i honestly wouldnt worry about it

[freespool]

I decided to add it to my discus build instead of adding to existing malawi peacock tank.