[Oliver82]

I started getting this "ghost" mold on my mopani driftwood.Looks like mold. Any ideas? Its a new tank. The wood has been boiled and I had it sitting on the patio for months.

 

[eser21]

Its normal, just leave it and it will go away in a week or to.

 

[lbacha]

I had the same issue with mine even after boiling it, it seems to come from the lighter parts of the wood as all the pieces I had that were dark brown were fine, it went away after a week or so for me and really didn't have any negative effect that I could tell other than looking bad.

Len

 

[mmccarthy781]

That happened to me too. Only on the lighter wood.

 

[Oliver82]

thanks gang!

 

[gtu2004]

it happened to me too. But mine was on plants+tank glass. Threw in a couple plants into my RCS and they devoured the algae. Then I took out my fish inhabitants from the algae infested tank and threw in the RCS+ottos for a few days. The algae was gone and never came back.

 

[CaliEAB]

I had the same problem this week with a rebuild. White fuzzy fungi on driftwood that was sitting outside for a couple of weeks. Probably picked up spores. Looked awful and furry for a week then I put a couple of black mollys in and it's 90 percent gone within 24 hours. Mollys are workhorses! roud:

 

[Patriot]

I sanded all loose bark off of mines and boiled it and it hasn't returned yet. But all is good, its just organic matter being decomposed.

 

[Oliver82]

My Angelfish starting nibbling on it and its now 75% gone. I don't feel like removing it and sanding (although a good idea) as they are already use to it, so I hope it just goes away on its own!

 

[agimlin]

most live bearers will eat it also

 

[Oliver82]

most live bearers will eat it also

Yeah I noticed my "test" guppies are going to town on it. Grows back fast though