Something coming out of log.....

[Bren501]

Hi guys.

New to the forum and have a query.
I've recently set up a fresh water tropical tank for my turtles. Added in these floating logs for them to perch on and have been in there for 3 days. There seems to be a mist of liquid coming out of the wood.... Im not 100% sure what it I'm guess it's a sap of some kind. The water isn't discoloured so not thing it tannin. Has anybody experienced this before and have any recommendations on how to stop it.




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[marsh]

hmmmm I very vaguely remember hearing about this stuff leeching from some driftwood when I was soaking my own pieces of driftwood for the first time.

I never had this issue myself but if I were you I would set up a tub (tupperware or bucket) and keep soaking this piece so it isn't in your main tank, at least until you get a definitive answer.

 

[Fresh2o]

That looks like fungus that is commonly seen with new driftwood. You could leave it alone until it goes away on its own. Or you boil the piece of DW.

 

[Brookster123]

That looks like fungus that is commonly seen with new driftwood. You could leave it alone until it goes away on its own. Or you boil the piece of DW.

+1 harmless..

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[1998golfer]

I had some of that on the DW in my tank. The snails and my pleco ate it.

 

[Bren501]

Ok guys thanks for the advise. I'll prob give them a clean of and leave it to soak in a deprecate tub as I ain't got snails or a plec in there yet.


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[DeirdreHoyle]

This just happened to me with my new driftwood. I tried scrubbing it off but it came back immediately. I've just left it for a few days and it's going away slowly on its own.

 

[Bren501]

Thanks a lot mine has cleared up now. I have to synodontis catfish in there which gladly ate it all.


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[mattcham]

Its a fungus and it is resistant to boiling. That is, boiling will not kill the organism. I had wood like this that I boiled more than 12 times and each time the fungus would come back. Its not just sap because the fungus eventually grows on the walls of my 7 gallon cooking pot within 48 hours after boiling. Its harmless and readily eaten by fish (plecos, mollies) and snails.

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