What is this... algae?

[Dark Rose]

What is it, will my ghost shrimp eat it, or how else do I get rid of it? Lol.
It doesn't look like hair or thread algae, it's got more 'mass' to it, and some pockets are growing on the substrate as well...



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[Dark Rose]

Any guesses? Not having much luck finding any info on Google either since I'm not sure what it's called...

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[lonzoencho]

Appears to be a fungus pretty common on new driftwood. It should go away without consequence


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[Dark Rose]

Ok, cool, thanks! Will shrimp or Oto cats eat it? Hoping they might help speed up the process...
Boiled that particular driftwood piece 4 or 5 times total (had to flip it upside down twice just to try to get it all) so I was hoping to avoid any issues... Still have some minor tannin leakage...
The other piece has some growth on it, but it looks more like thread algae...

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[RampageRR]

If it's just a whitish colored growth, it's pretty common on new driftwood. I had a piece that grew the same stuff on it, and it probably took a month or so to go away. I took the piece out each water change and scrubbed it clean outside of the tank. It would grow back but did eventually stop, and hasn't come back at all since.

 

[Inglorious]

It's just harmless new driftwood fuzz, if it bothers you then you can manually remove it otherwise just leave it alone and it will go away by itself.