White fungus on driftwood

**David Moses Heng** · 28th Aug 2007, 16:37

dear all, anybody has ever encountered this? what's the solution? My dw in my 422 is covered with them!!

**luenny** · 28th Aug 2007, 16:41

What kind of fungus are you talking about? Perhaps you can show a pic?

**Shadow** · 28th Aug 2007, 16:46

Cook/boil it. It is the best way to sanitize wood. Yamato might eat it. Inject H2O2 close to it might also kill it.

**David Moses Heng** · 28th Aug 2007, 18:39

Originally Posted by luenny

What kind of fungus are you talking about? Perhaps you can show a pic?

they look like snail eggs but i have got no snail in my tank. they are film like, covering the whole dw... tomorrow i'll be putting in the yamatos. hope it will help.

**bryan** · 28th Aug 2007, 21:05

It'll go away after awhile. Most of us have experienced it.

Someone mentioned in another thread that it's suppose to be bacteria colony I guess probably feeding on whatever stuff is on the wood.. So at least you know that the bacteria in your tank is alive and kicking.

**daveteogh** · 28th Aug 2007, 22:36

It could be slime from the dw... mine have some slime as well but will be gone when the wood is in water for some time... the wood needs 'seasoning'

Btw, my OTOs cleared them for me as well

**lowell** · 29th Aug 2007, 07:17

I also encountered this thing.I got it when I introduced new bulb of aponogeton I got.First it was the bulb that has this slimy white thing,my driftwood.I didn't bother to check on it and just let my shrimps and pleco handle it.Then the it attacked the rhizome of my crypts,and eventually killed them all.I have to reset the tank and clean everything before it wiped out everything.

**David Moses Heng** · 29th Aug 2007, 08:31

Originally Posted by lowell

I also encountered this thing.I got it when I introduced new bulb of aponogeton I got.First it was the bulb that has this slimy white thing,my driftwood.I didn't bother to check on it and just let my shrimps and pleco handle it.Then the it attacked the rhizome of my crypts,and eventually killed them all.I have to reset the tank and clean everything before it wiped out everything.

i notice that the fungus is also going into the substrate... solution?

**Shadow** · 29th Aug 2007, 09:28

are you sure it fungus? because I though fungus onl grow on dead stuff, not substrate

**David Moses Heng** · 29th Aug 2007, 09:39

Originally Posted by Shadow

are you sure it fungus? because I though fungus onl grow on dead stuff, not substrate

yes. it seems to me that they are going in...

**e-mini** · 29th Aug 2007, 10:58

Those fungus are harmless but they can be unsightly. You can throw in Yamato & oto, they will clear them for you.

**lowell** · 29th Aug 2007, 11:20

Originally Posted by Altum_lover76

i notice that the fungus is also going into the substrate... solution?

At first I let the shrimps and the bristlenose do the job for me.I just let a month past but when I saw that my crypts are dying,I totally reset the whole tank before they can do anymore damage to other pants.because I saw them already in my anubias.

**wasabi8888** · 29th Aug 2007, 14:34

POsting a picture may help some of the people identify the fungus

**Jaws** · 29th Aug 2007, 21:32

Is this what you have? The white stuffs on the base of my bogwood?

**daveteogh** · 29th Aug 2007, 21:42

Originally Posted by Jaws

Is this what you have? The white stuffs on the base of my bogwood?

This is slime from the BW... I am soaking a new BW and it was covered with all these at the edges... it will be gone after soaking in water for while

**David Moses Heng** · 29th Aug 2007, 22:20

Originally Posted by Jaws

Is this what you have? The white stuffs on the base of my bogwood?

this is mine...

**genes** · 29th Aug 2007, 22:30

Put a bag of malayans in your tank. They should clear the fungus in no time. I loaded 50pcs into my tank and all fungus gone in a few days.

**daveteogh** · 29th Aug 2007, 22:31

Did you soaked your BW before putting into your tank?
Soaked with boiling water? How long do you soaked it?

I have some of this with my BW initially... my OTOs finish it