I recently put spider driftwood in my tank and it started getting this white bacteria on it is it harmful for my fish
Driftwood turning white
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Most, if not all, of new wood put in an aquarium will get this whitish looking gelatinous fungi growing on it. Sure, it looks unsightly, but it is harmless, and in time it will retreat.
Some fish, especially plecos, will thank you because they love to eat it. Some hobbyists go to the painstaking trouble of periodically taking the wood out and scrubbing it until a time when it grows no longer.
It's plausible that it's down to remnants of sugars from the sap of the tree which this particular whitish fungus likes. Once the fungus has used up this food source then that is when it stops growing.
Some fish, especially plecos, will thank you because they love to eat it. Some hobbyists go to the painstaking trouble of periodically taking the wood out and scrubbing it until a time when it grows no longer.
It's plausible that it's down to remnants of sugars from the sap of the tree which this particular whitish fungus likes. Once the fungus has used up this food source then that is when it stops growing.
Even aquarium wood that's been in a tank for years, removed for a few months and dried out, and then put back into the aquarium will develop those white patches.