Hey guys,
I found a nice dry piece of log up in PA with a lot of character and thought it would look great in my tank. I drilled some holes in it, attached fishing wire to molding hooks and wire brushed it and even took a hand drill to it with a metal brush tip to remove all of the bark and other imperfections. The log was in my 10 gallon quarantine soaking for about a month with a coconut house (half a coconut shell) normally used as a hide out for any new fish I purchase.
My problem is this gooey brown residue that appears to grow almost in clumps on both the coconut and the wood. This goo started on the coconut before I put the wood in and then started to cover the wood as well. I've made several water changes and cleaned it all off the wood multiple times. The tannins seem to be leaching much less these days and I'm excited for the wood to go in my show tank.
I just wanted to know if this goo is natural and safe for me to go ahead today and set this wood up suspended in my tank, or if it will grow back even faster with the presence of fertilizers in the water. Will it affect my fish?
It would be a ***** to have to continue catching patches of brown goo in the water after I've strapped ricchia, java and baby tears to it.
I found a nice dry piece of log up in PA with a lot of character and thought it would look great in my tank. I drilled some holes in it, attached fishing wire to molding hooks and wire brushed it and even took a hand drill to it with a metal brush tip to remove all of the bark and other imperfections. The log was in my 10 gallon quarantine soaking for about a month with a coconut house (half a coconut shell) normally used as a hide out for any new fish I purchase.
My problem is this gooey brown residue that appears to grow almost in clumps on both the coconut and the wood. This goo started on the coconut before I put the wood in and then started to cover the wood as well. I've made several water changes and cleaned it all off the wood multiple times. The tannins seem to be leaching much less these days and I'm excited for the wood to go in my show tank.
I just wanted to know if this goo is natural and safe for me to go ahead today and set this wood up suspended in my tank, or if it will grow back even faster with the presence of fertilizers in the water. Will it affect my fish?
It would be a ***** to have to continue catching patches of brown goo in the water after I've strapped ricchia, java and baby tears to it.
