What is this

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Last month I removed one piece of dw from my 75 that had something similar. The weird thing is that, it was only on 1 piece of dw out of like 10 pieces from the same tank. Also, my water was not cloudy.
 
krichardson said:
I've had this stuff suddenly appear on wood pieces that I've had for years and I made a thread about it some time ago.It is either a form of algae or wood fungus maybe but it is harmless.I have removed the wood,scrubbed it dried it,boiled it and the stuff still grew back.I don't like the looks of it so I no longer use those pieces in my thanks.
I didn't have cloudiness in my tanks when the wood was there so I suspect something else is causing your cloud issue.
Click to expand...

xraycer said:
Last month I removed one piece of dw from my 75 that had something similar. The weird thing is that, it was only on 1 piece of dw out of like 10 pieces from the same tank. Also, my water was not cloudy.
Click to expand...

Maybe these pics are better. Its not on anything else. These are the only things that were done before this cloudy crap started. Added another small bag of ac50 media to the ac110 that I had laying around. Added a bubbler and one of the small longfin danios disappeared figured the acara haf something to do with it.I did wc and didnt find any remains.
uploadfromtaptalk1400247086734.jpguploadfromtaptalk1400247098326.jpguploadfromtaptalk1400247114934.jpg

Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
Maybe some type of pleco will eat the stuff.
 
Remove the dw, for now, and see if you can resolve the cloudiness issue.
 
I've had this stuff pop up in the past before as well. The only way I was ever able to get rid of it was to get rid of the piece.

I wonder if kiln-drying would benefit pieces that are too large to boil?

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
Thanks for the help guys even though I really like it sounds easier to just remove it. I cleaned it off 2 or 3 days ago and it came back even worse....think I pissed it off

Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
jaws7777 said:
Thanks for the help guys even though I really like it sounds easier to just remove it. I cleaned it off 2 or 3 days ago and it came back even worse....think I pissed it off

Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
Click to expand...

I've seen this happen frequently with malaysian driftwood. I'm under the impression it's a function of the resin (or something similar) leeching out of the wood. It's a transparent jelly-like coating, yes?

As was suggested above, put a common pleco in there and it'll devour that stuff and turn it into poop in no time. Once you don't see it coming back for a while, you can remove the pleco and it'll probably have run its course.

Seen this many times with new pieces of wood, it's not a problem really just gross looking.
 
Mount_Prion said:
I've seen this happen frequently with malaysian driftwood. I'm under the impression it's a function of the resin (or something similar) leeching out of the wood. It's a transparent jelly-like coating, yes?

As was suggested above, put a common pleco in there and it'll devour that stuff and turn it into poop in no time. Once you don't see it coming back for a while, you can remove the pleco and it'll probably have run its course.

Seen this many times with new pieces of wood, it's not a problem really just gross looking.
Click to expand...

Yes that is exactly what is looks like. Would a pleco put me over the limit right now have a yellow acara and clown loach was looking to add a couple more... all fish are being transferred to another tank within a few months

Sent from my SPH-L710 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom