White transparent cotton like stuff forming on my Riccia an

[VincentTan]

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry if i am freaking out but i think it is stopping my riccia from bubbling. Plants are growing. and blubbling for the last 1 week. sorry if it sounds brief. Pls Advise.

Cheers
Vincent

[tawauboy]

are you using diy co2 without a bubble counter?
else may be some sort of fungal growth. remove it manually.

[VincentTan]

negative, i am currently using cylinder CO2 tank. have tried to remove some already but there are still some visible strands left on my plants.

[bclee]

Hello Vincent, did you happen to use Dennerle Gold 7?

BC

[VincentTan]

nope

by the way whats gold 7 used for?

[bclee]

Dennerle Gold 7 is a plant growth promoter. I used to get whitish stringy stuff when I used them. No harm to anything though.

BC

[Aeon]

But it's ugly right? lol!
Better find out what is it first.

[Flare]

Do you have jig wood in your tank? Those that require pre-soaking or weights to keep them down else they float? I once included a piece of really beautiful jig wood in my tank setup. I had already soaked it in water for 3 weeks before the setup. But after a week, whitish slime starts growing on the wood. I tried using my bare hands to remove them but they r so light they just dislodged themselves and settled onto my riccia. I went to NA where I bought the wood and they advised me to pour boiling water over the wood. I tried but the slime just comes back few days later. Got fed up and gave the wood away. No more problems after that.

I think the whitish slime might be the sap of the wood. I hope this might help.

[chris1]

hi hi,

encountered yr problem b4, i oso did buy the wood from NA, IMO, the white stuffs r harmless, it "disappear" after like 1 or 2 week for my case, although it looks unsightly at 1st.

[Green Devil]

[quote:6b4def9134="Flare"]Do you have jig wood in your tank? Those that require pre-soaking or weights to keep them down else they float? I once included a piece of really beautiful jig wood in my tank setup. I had already soaked it in water for 3 weeks before the setup. But after a week, whitish slime starts growing on the wood. I tried using my bare hands to remove them but they r so light they just dislodged themselves and settled onto my riccia. I went to NA where I bought the wood and they advised me to pour boiling water over the wood. I tried but the slime just comes back few days later. Got fed up and gave the wood away. No more problems after that.

I think the whitish slime might be the sap of the wood. I hope this might help.[/quote:6b4def9134]

Poor guy getting your wood...