I put a new piece of driftwood in a tank that I'm cycling, it is about 90% sunk in just two days of putting in the tank. It is gathering a clear puffy coating all the way around. Should I clean that off, or leave it.
Drift wood
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Sciroccoman;2565498; said:
I've used guppies before to to water log my drift wood when that white film appears i kept doing 50% water changes until it dissipated it will eventually go away just do frequent water changes
I agree. It's fungus but should disappear soon enough. If your driftwood is from fruit trees or is a grapevine, I would get rid of it.famous323;2565581; said:
The dark brown/light brown mixed colored driftwood IME does well in the tank. Ive had one in my tanks for over 5 years looks great and never gave me problems with that white fuzz it just leached tannins for months on end. Adding a dose of fungus guard may help kill it out as well 
Thanx for all the input, folks! I purchased the drift wood from the LFS. The guy at the store had a piece in a show tank, plus he had just opened his store, and I believe him to be a genuine person.
Grapewood has toxins? What kind of toxins? That's funny cause I have had a bunch of grapewood in 2 of my tanks for over 3 years and have had no problems, my plecos even eat it. I think somebody is giving bad advice out there.