driftwood algee

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I put a piece of driftwood in a small swimming pool to sink it, It's ready but it is covered in white algee. :yuck: I scrubbed most of it but I just can't get it all. Will this hurt my fish, and would it be a good idea to get a pleco to get rid of it and keep it clean?
 
May well be fungus if it's white.

Boiling will work as for anything else alive on it of course.

However, I'd expect fungus to appear more easily on softwood rather than hard wood which is slower to decompose when immersed; assuming you haven’t been soaking it for many months.

What kind of wood is this? Did y' buy it or find it?
 
I found it, It is softwood, and its been soaking for a little over two weeks.
 
"What's that fuzz on my driftwood? Quite often after driftwood is added to an aquarium, a white almost transparent fuzz will grow on it. This fuzz can appear several weeks to several months after the driftwood is added to the aquarium. Popular thinking is this fuzz is either a fungus or a mold. Either way it's harmless, unfortunately it's not pleasing to look at. Some people have had luck just brushing it off. Others have had luck by introducing algae eating fish, as they will actually eat it. Neither technique will guarantee preventing this fuzz from recurring. The important thing is to have faith, as it will eventually disappear."
 
Some woods are better than others. Pines and Cedars are not recommended for aquarium use as they can produce chemicals which are not healthy for your fish.

Other softwoods will tend to bio degrade far more quickly in the water of your aquarium (providing, as is probably the case here, easy food for fungus) so it is usually best to use hardwoods.
 
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