[FungusTrooper]

Hey y'all,

We have a tank that contains a single male golden gourami, and it's been established for a few weeks now. Planted, etc. Less than a week ago we put a piece of manzanita wood from a LFS that we'd soaked for a few weeks and removed as much of the tannin as possible. I tied a few java ferns to it and popped it into the tank.

Day before yesterday I also dosed with Tetra Blackwater Extract. Correct dosage as per the bottle.

Yesterday evening, we noticed some fungal growths on the wood which we haven't noticed anywhere in any of our tanks so far. Can anyone ID this, and say if it's harmful or something we don't need to worry about?

Thanks.

 

[pantherspawn]

It's pretty common on new additions. Most people seem to think it's a a form of bacteria or algae that eat part of the decomposing wood. Either way, it's harmless and goes away within a few weeks. Or you can add algae eaters such as ottos, Amano, placo etc which will chew thru it in a matter of a day or so.

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[FungusTrooper]

Awesome, thanks. I saw another post with a similar answer but wasn't sure if my fungus was the same.

Lets hope that's all it is!

 

[pantherspawn]

Looks just like what I had on my mopani after soaking it a few days and putting it in the tank. Nerites devoured it.

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[FungusTrooper]

I wonder if I could pop a snail in there. See, the problem with the tank is the gourami is super aggressive - we put some corys in there but he chased and nipped at them until we moved them to another tank.

I wonder if he'd beat up a snail or if he'd leave it be?

 

[pantherspawn]

Not sure.. Never had an aggressive gourami, unless it's other long finned fish. If the snail is big enough, shouldn't be too much of a problem. Mostly cause they don't really move too much.

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