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Was doing some much needed trimming in tank. Ended up wanting to take out my larger piece of driftwood after seeing a ball of debris filled flame moss and what looked like mold on the wood. Dropped the wood in a container with a decent amount of water in case any shrimps were hanging on strongly to it.
The wood gave a foul odor and smelled like rotten eggs, so I'm guessing this wood may not be any good for long. Ripped off any decent amount of moss and placed in the water. To my surprise I see tiny carbon shrimplings. Didn't expect this because I noticed the berried carbon was no longer berried and my first sight of her berried was a bit over 2 weeks ago.
I also have another driftwood with moss all over that needs some trimming, maybe some cleaning, but it's most likely also rotting. Shrimplings are most likely all inside that one also.
Not really sure what to do?
Is rotting driftwood common?
Removing the wood is stirring up a bit of debris which may bother?
Was planning on doing a water change due to debris, which isn't as bad once it settles, should I delay due to shrimplings? Parameters all fine.
The wood gave a foul odor and smelled like rotten eggs, so I'm guessing this wood may not be any good for long. Ripped off any decent amount of moss and placed in the water. To my surprise I see tiny carbon shrimplings. Didn't expect this because I noticed the berried carbon was no longer berried and my first sight of her berried was a bit over 2 weeks ago.
I also have another driftwood with moss all over that needs some trimming, maybe some cleaning, but it's most likely also rotting. Shrimplings are most likely all inside that one also.
Not really sure what to do?
Is rotting driftwood common?
Removing the wood is stirring up a bit of debris which may bother?
Was planning on doing a water change due to debris, which isn't as bad once it settles, should I delay due to shrimplings? Parameters all fine.