Membrane on Driftwood

[fishfairy]

The driftwood in my tank has started to develop a whitish clear membrane on some of it's spots. I have read on some threads that this is normal for a new piece of driftwood, but I want to be sure since this isn't covering the entire piece. It has only started forming on a few small spots of the driftwood. I touched it and it kind of wiggled but didn't really break up (I didn't try to break it up really. I just wanted to see how strong it was). I took some pics and circled the areas. I'm not sure how well you can see it, but here they are.

Is this normal or is it some kind of mold?

 

[Fishyfanatic]

It's normal and will go away with time. I had it for about a month then one day it was gone.

 

[Zagz]

Do you have any snails in the tank? Pic number 2 looks like normal "fuzz" but one and three sort of resemble snail eggs.

 

[fishfairy]

Do you have any snails in the tank? Pic number 2 looks like normal "fuzz" but one and three sort of resemble snail eggs.

Nope no snails in the tank. Actually all 3 of them look the same, but the pics kind of made them look weird.

 

[Zagz]

LOL, I wouldn't worry yet. I had fuzz start on a couple of pieces of my driftwood. Boiling them solved the problem.

 

[fishfairy]

Oh ok. Well I think I've boiled this thing about as much as I can. It's too big to really fit in a pot. I guess I'll wait and let it go away on it's own. Good to know it's normal though.