White Cotton-like Slimy Thing

[izzat]

hi...

i gt a white type of slimy-like cotton on my bogwood....
it's onli on my bog wood and not my driftwood....

tank has no fauna and onli consist of moss on the dw and bw and a bottle glass covered wif moss...

i do not measure my water parameters....
jus installed a cooling fan and hav diy co2...
lighting will change to 55watts coz meed to modify...

so can any 1 tell me if they experience the same thing like me....
wat r those white slimy-like cotton?
can any1 advice how should i get rid of them as they r covering abt 40% of my bw...
is it safe to put in shrimps?

thanks for reading and replying...

[vinz]

It's probably fungus. Had it on some of my wood when I started a new tank recently. I put in 4 baby SAEs to keep mosquitos in check, and they ate it all up.

[joe]

Otos, SAEs and shrimps will eat them up

[izzat]

okie..

thanks for the reply...
todae will put in shrimps...

any type of shrimps will do right?
thought of putting cherry or so...

[kadios]

Will this fungi go away if I immersed the bogwood inside water and changed out the water every week for a duration of 4-8 weeks? I've been repeating this for 4 weeks but the persistence of the fungi is exasperating!I can't put it into my tank straight as I cannot put shrimps or SAEs in there for some reason. Anyway other alternatives?

Cheers!

[izzat]

bro...

think it's normal for bog wood...
dun think dw will hav this problem...

anyway i jus added mosquito and neon-green shrimps...
they r doin fine...
will add tons of shrimp on monday...

[vinz]

I was told by an LFS that soaking with boiling water will prevent it.

[izzat]

haiz...

if onli i did tat earlier...
now cannot do it as gt moss on them...

nex time then...

thanks vinz...