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Old July 13th, 2008  
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white fuzz

There is this white fuzz on my drift wood what is it. also on the last pic is that brown algae ok on my plant.
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Old July 13th, 2008  
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welcome to fishlore!! how old is the tank ? the brown looks like diatoms which is "new tank algae" and very harmless...fish love to eat it also ...what kind of fish do you have??
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Old July 13th, 2008  
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1 month old , 2 Zebra Danios, 2 Glowlight Danios, 3 ghost shrimp, 5 Head and Tail Light Tetras. 1 Skunk Cory Cat, 1 Peppered Cory Cat.
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the diatoms are worse for us to see then having them in the tank...if it bothers you that much, you can wipe them but they are harmless, and like I said the fish will eat them...cory's especially love it...and sometimes cleaning, will put the tank into a mini cycle so its almost not worth it...
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