Fungal disease

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mim

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My three long tailed rosey barbs are just getting over a fungal infection I've been treating with pimafix. The tank isn't established and the fish are new as well. I'm curious about this piece of driftwood it's fuzzy with stuff that looks similar to what the fish had. Should I boil the piece?
 
New wood almost always grow this crap everyone calls 'bio slime'.
My newest two pieces of wood just did this but my shrimp ate it all.The wood was very small.it is just 'sugars' from the wood i believe?
The source of your 'fungal' infection needs a live [fish] host to live so it is not what is on the wood.
Hope this helps.
You can boil it, i might slime again still? I know someone who baked their wood after it slimed and that worked,but it will go away eventually...
 
Fungus or water mould will not just "grow" on a fish. Not unless there is a injury or bacterial infection or damage to the slime coat, like from parasites.
 
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