ok so i have these two big pieces of mopani driftwood in my tank, they have already been in someone elses tank for a few months and now they have been in my tank for about 4-5months, since then it has grown this really gross looking clear, thick gooey algae of some kind all over the tops of the pieces. i thought this was just something that it would grow since it was new to the tank and that this would go away but its 4-5 months later and the stuff is still growing i have taken the wood out and totally scrubbed it down twice and it still grows back, its really disgusting looking, is there anything i can do to get rid of this? i do 50% weekly wc, and my nitrates never go above 20 and i dont even have any algae growing on the glass just on this wood, its really driving me crazy, would getting a "chinese algae eater" help, would it eat the stuff off of the wood?
GROSS algae on wood!!!!
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I had this same problem, remove the piece, rinse in tank water while scrubbing with an algae scrubber, replace. done.
yeah this last time i did it i actually scrubbed it still in the tank and did double 50% wc to get rid of all the gunk and now its only 2 days later and its back almost as bad as before AGH!!!!!!
umm idk if this will help but most driftwoods like mopani, manzanita, etc. will excrete this white clear gooey substance for a while. since i have a royal pleco and some abn's they eat it. your drift wood will excrete this gooey substance for a while. my manzanita has not stopped yet and i have had it in my tank for over 6 months
I had a few small pieces do this, I took it out of the tank gave it a hardcore scrub in hot water. Had to do it a few times to get it to stop...Try taking it out of the tank so then you don't get the crud in your tank water.
Sarah88;3791281; said:
Nope. CAE don't actually eat algae. They like the slime coat on your fish, and when they go to sleep the CAE is feeding on your fish. I had a CAE almost kill a larger firemouth. It sucked on his side and pinned him down to the substrait, almost killing him. I broke it up and fed that damn thing to my oscar. CAE get to be 7'' long, and get nastier with age.
Plecos are beter for eating algae, but it just depends on what kind you get.
ok thanks and yeah the first two time i took it out and scrubbed it but then this last time did it in the tank to see if that would help and it didnt, i guess i will just have to be patient and see when it finally goes away and if i see a bristle nose pleco or some other pleco that stays small then ill get it i just dont want one thats gonna get over 12in, here is pics of it (sorry for dirty glass had just got done rearranging some stuff and the salt in the water leaves horrible marks lol)