grayishblack hair like growths on drift wood?

[cudamaster13]

on one peice of mopani wood a strange black hairlike growth is covering it but no other peices of wood just the one wat is this and how do i get rid of it

 

[M.Carfi]

Sounds like a fungus.

Primafix for 7 days after you take the wood out hit it with the hose on full blast and a bristly scrub brush.

 

[swede]

could be hair or beard algae. google pics of those and you may be able to tell what you have

 

[M.Carfi]

Could definitely also be harmless brush algae.

The treatment will not hurt anything if it is not a fungus.

 

[XB aro]

cant u just put it in boiling water to get rid of it?

 

[Nabbig2]

I suppose you could take the driftwood out, scrub it, and let the algae dessicate to death. That's what I do with my rocks when they grow too much algae.

 

[snakeguy101]

I have something similar on the back of a piece of oak that I collected myself, it has not caused any problems and the water chemistry is fine so I just let it be.

 

[kevbc03]

I had the same problem.

 

[cudamaster13]

i will boil and scrub it and let it dry out for a couple days to see wat happens