Carl-N-Kim Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Hi guys hope everybody is well just curious if somebody can shed light on to me on what this might be small 10 gallon tank I started up and I put this piece of wood in there I got from a local fish shop the tank has been up for about a week with just water and lights nothing else and this piece of wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) Hi there, likelyhood is it's just biofilm/mold/fungus and not harmful just the nature of wood. It eventually goes away on its own. Edited July 24, 2021 by xXInkedPhoenixX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl-N-Kim Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thank you Bunch for the input if I start putting some live plants or maybe a couple of fish in there is it going to be harmful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 No, if it's what I think it is it's not going to be harmful my wood has had that before when it's new- but if it bothers you- you can take it out and scrub it off. My spiderwood gets grey funky film on it all I do is pull it off because that comes off in clumps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Oh, and if yours is a new tank, sounds like it is, that is a common occurence. It, like I said, often goes away on its own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 2:58 AM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: Oh, and if yours is a new tank, sounds like it is, that is a common occurence. It, like I said, often goes away on its own. I agree also if you intend to have snails or shrimp they they will HAPPILY and greedily gobble it down. 😁 On 7/24/2021 at 2:58 AM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl-N-Kim Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Thanks guys I appreciate that I'm getting ready to move shrimp into it from another tank today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Ahhh - the dreaded driftwood biofilm! Completely normal and harmless. Totally gross looking, feeling, and smelling! 😂 The only thing I have to add is that my nerite snails tackled my DBF issue much faster than my shrimp did...if you can handle the possibility of their white, dotty, superglue-like eggs popping up in your tank, they will become your tank MVP's (in my opinion and experience)! 😜👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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