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Re: Fungus on driftwood
I too just added 2 small pieces of sun-bleached driftwood that I
obtained from the local lake. After placing the wood in a test tank
for several days it developed some very light brown fuzzy growth. I
was going to place a plex in the tank to see if he would eat it
(thinking maybe it was algae?). But I may hold off if somebody else
can identify it.
BTW, what is the common name for KMnO4 and what does it do for you?
Nigel Campbell
ncampbel at ccmail_dsccc.com
>Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 18:50:50 -0400 (EDT) From: BErney1014 at aol_com
>Subject: fungus on driftwood
>
>I placed a piece of sandblasted root "driftwood" in a small plant
>holding tank. I had to drill the wood and epoxy encase lead to hold
>it down. It turned the water orangy so I filtered the color out with
>carbon. I have a DIY co2 reactor, pH 7, 76F, sand substrate, 2 ghost
>shrimp, 2 oto and mostly java moss with some small starts of grasses
>and vals. My problem started after the wood was a few weeks soaking,
>a film (white) covered the surface of the water. I would siphon it
>off with an 4 oz irrigation bulb. I noticed the wood was covered with
>a fungus, nearly clear in color. When I pulled the wood it stunk. I
>plopped it into a KMnO4 bath and there it remains. What should I do
>to wood?
>
>Thanks much,
>Bruce