Driftwood with Scum

[BigNEMO]

I have a 6 gal Fluval Edge fish tank that has been running for 10 days. I have a Betta in there with a Cory Catfish. I bought some driftwood from Petsmart and after soaking it for 4-5 days I put it in. Now there seems to be a scum layer forming. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[BigJim]

Describe the scum.

[Sonomakid]

Wow, Flushing thats about 50 mintues south of me

[BigNEMO]

Thanks for the reply. It is a whiteish scum about 3mm think that is growing on the driftwood.

[mfdrookie516]

if it looks like snot, its completely normal... search through the threads here and you'll see a thread almost every week asking about it

[meegosh]

It is normal on most pieces of driftwood but if you have grapewood then it is an indicator that the wood is rotting. Only reason I say this is because I bought a piece of driftwood at Petco or smart, one of the big chains... boiled it and soaked it for weeks. Added it to my tank and about a week later it started to break apart and foul up my water. Just a FYI.

[Evaunitone]

I've had this snot scum on driftwood as well so I removed it from my tank right away. Mine grew overnight and it was a thick, flowy mass of the stuff. Why is that common / what is it? How do you get rid of that because it looks awful.

[mfdrookie516]

it will go away after a while, some fish will eat is also.

[meegosh]

My Malaysian driftwood had 'the scum' for a few weeks after I put it in my tank. It went away on its own, unlike the grapewood which only got worse.

[supradupafast]

Yep.. I had it also.
Took about 1 to 2 months, but eventually went away. Fish were nibbling at it and never grew back.
Looks bad, feels bad.. no clue what it is.. or was.