Torez

there is a white fuzz on my drift wood is it bad. Should I be concerend a out it

inuyasha_lover_21

I have that to. I wonder if its white algae? Its only on the top of the wood. Bumping this up for you.

jdhef

I have no personal experiance with this, but I've read other posts about this white fuzz, and it was stated that it is a fungus, is not hazzardous to your fish, and will go away on it's own.

Dozey

Quite often after driftwood is added to an aquarium, a white almost transparent fuzz will grow on it. This fuzz can appear several weeks to several months after the driftwood is added to the aquarium. Popular thinking is this fuzz is either a fungus or a mold. Either way it's harmless, unfortunately it's not pleasing to look at. Some people have had luck just brushing it off. Others have had luck by introducing algae eating fish, as they will actually eat it. Neither technique will guarantee preventing this fuzz from recurring. The important thing is to have faith, as it will eventually disappear.

Torez

Ya it's only on the top

lyndatu

I had the white fuzz on my driftwood, too. According to most websites, they do not exactly know what it is but either way it is harmless and fish will/may eat it off, as Dozey mentioned.

inuyasha_lover_21

Ok. My old driftwood never got it. Well mt BN pleco's love it so I should nto be complaining lol!

MagikarpGyrados

yea it grew almost instantly on some boiled cucumber i tossed in for my oto and it grew on some plants bulbs in my other tank too like everyone said its basically harmless