that's a sure sign your wood is biodegrading and is therefore not aquarium safe for your fish. many pet stores jumble desert wood for dry lizard tanks with wet fish aquarium wood that people unwittingly buy the wrong wood submerge. or people find wood laying around a body of water figuring it will be fine in their tanks, but more often than not it's a bad idea to use such wood.
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I pulled it from the tank and put it in the laundry tub, cranked up the water heater to wow thats hot:biggrin:
added some bleach, and went to town with a wire brush, & lots of wood came off.
roud:
Drained the water and refilled twice ,& going to let it sit for a while, & add some prime later today.
And if the funk comes back,,, :angryfire fireplace :angryfire ???
Ph here is about 7.8
"it was not sandblasted enough (good for reptiles, bad for fish)",,,,,I think you hit the nail on the head
"you need to keep a Pleco in your tank to help maintain the wood surface",,,,,Good idea, I had one a while back and it was always on the wood.
added some bleach, and went to town with a wire brush, & lots of wood came off.
roud: Drained the water and refilled twice ,& going to let it sit for a while, & add some prime later today.
And if the funk comes back,,, :angryfire fireplace :angryfire ???
Ph here is about 7.8
"it was not sandblasted enough (good for reptiles, bad for fish)",,,,,I think you hit the nail on the head
"you need to keep a Pleco in your tank to help maintain the wood surface",,,,,Good idea, I had one a while back and it was always on the wood.
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