mold on driftwood?

[stevenallenbarnard]

I have a piece of pre-sunk driftwood that's been in my tank about a week or so, I just noticed that it has what looks like white fuzz growing on it, is this just algae? how can I fix it?

[imagirlgeek]

It's fungus. It isn't harmful to the fish, just looks gross. It eventually goes away, but it does take a little time. It's the same kind of fungus that grows on food left in the aquarium. I would use a brush to scrape it off during water changes.

[mgarrido]

It will go away on its own. you can use an algae scrapper for remove that or just wait. It looks bad but it is harmless. Also plecos, ottos and shrimp take care of it.

[stevenallenbarnard]

sweet, thanks guys

[TaTeR ToT]

If it's the piece you got from me, all my pieces had it to, it went away after 2 weeks.
Also, that drftwood sinks fast for it's size.
All of my pieces have already sunk.

I will post some pics later.

Overall do you like it?

[Darbex]

Is it above the water or below? If its above then its fungus if its below then its probably bacteria. Manzanita wood gets a slime coat like substance on it but its underwater and thats bacteria. Well I guess if I read your post better you did say fuzz so that is probably fungus.

[stevenallenbarnard]

nah, it's neither of the pieces i got from brian, it's a presunk piece i got from fishland. the pieces i got from you brian, the stomp is being sunk in the tank and that one piece is just too big, i'm gonna chop it in half and sink it in totes

[TaTeR ToT]

it was to big for a 6ft tank?

hmm, anywho, atleast you can make it work.

[stevenallenbarnard]

not too long, but my tank is only 16" front to back, the branches wouldn't allow me to sink it down w/ anything.

[TaTeR ToT]

ohhh, well, just cut them off and sink the main log with some rocks, btw, i have 3-4 more pieces if you interested, they are much smaller, like 24-30" single branches, would look tight with all of those in there for the fish to swim through.

pm me a offer if your interested.