Lee Friedmann Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I set up a 5 gallon tank on 7/9 with spider wood, rock, Anubius and Fluval Stratum. Lights running for 9 hours and dosed easy green and liquid carbon. Started seeing white algae on spider wood, today 7/12. Nitrites and Nitrates just starting to register. Is this just part of the tank cycling process? Is there anything I should be doing now? How long will it take to go away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 This is biofilm, completely normal, just let it go. It'll go away or be eaten by you're inhabitants. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwallace Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Just a harmless wood fungus. It almost always happens with Spiderwood. It will go away eventually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 You can manually remove it if you want to, but as mentioned above it's very normal! Tank looks good. Welcome to the forum!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamieterrin Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Looks more like a biofilm from the wood Shrimp should love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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