Something on the driftwood?

[AaronW]

What is that? It's growing on my driftwood!

 

[jcolon]

It's a fungus that grows on new DW ... Did you boil the DW first? usually boiling it keeps it from forming. It's harmless and will go away on it's own. Some fish ... like my RTS did .... have a field day eating it up!

 

[AaronW]

It's a fungus that grows on new DW ... Did you boil the DW first? usually boiling it keeps it from forming. It's harmless and will go away on it's own. Some fish ... like my RTS did .... have a field day eating it up!

You're shrimp? Lol I don't have any shrimps yet. My tank is cycling. Should I put some shrimp in there to get the fungus out?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

It'll use up it's food source and die off. No need to worry about it. If it really bothers you, you can remove the wood and scrub it. It may come back though.

 

[Aqualady40]

IMO...I would take it out, scrub , then boil, boil, boil, boil.....I did this and never experienced any fungus on any of my DW....good luck

 

[jcolon]

You're shrimp? Lol I don't have any shrimps yet. My tank is cycling. Should I put some shrimp in there to get the fungus out?

No need to ... just let it die off on its own ... shrimp don't do too well during the cycling process since they're so sensitive to Ammonia ect.