Junk On Drift Wood

[Fish Eat Fish]

Ive had some drift wood in a tank for going on 2 years now and it doesnt seem to matter how hard I try to clean it it always gathers cruddy slime. Do people with driftwood just clean them constantly or do unnecessarily often water changes to keep them clean?

 

[iloveoscars702]

when i had drift wood in my tnak i never cleaned it.

 

[Fat Homer]

I have driftwood in every single one of my tanks and i've never ever cleaned any of them except for before going in the tank...so if possible, i would say try and get some cleaner fish such as ottos / pleco's to help keep the wood clean???

 

[knifegill]

What is actually on your driftwood? Bacterial slime or perhaps algae? Different problems call for different solutions.

 

[Cecropia]

Is is green or red slime? White fuzz looking? Or brown tuffs?

I've got the brown mess. Gave up fighting it. Pleco has no interest either

 

[Fat Homer]

^ Is the brown mess diatoms??? and if so shouldn't you (in theory) be able to be scrub it off??? since i tend to scrub diatoms off any of the rocks i have in my tanks...

 

[uncwnells]

what does this mess look like?

 

[ScoobyRacing03]

Before I got rid of my Pleco I never had anything grow on my driftwood but since I got rid of them I get green algae all over the driftwood. I tend to just scrub it off with a toothbrush.

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

its like a slime greenishbrown. Only grows on the drift wood.