Thick Slime

[Davo86]

ok, so a friend of mine has thick slime that appears on his bogwood,

he originally brought 3 large pieces and added them to his tank whilst it cycled, after about a week the light brown area on the wood (mopani wood) was covered with slime but the dark areas on the wood were totally clear, the slime was nowhere else in the tank, he initially thought that he had just brought some dodgy wood, so he tried other pieces but it is the same with ever type of wood that he adds, the original pieces are now in one of the display tanks in store and have been for a few days now, with no signs of slime

tank is now newly cycled with 6 silver tipped tetra, stats are ph 7.6 ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5, at present the only other things in the tank is gravel, and a few live plants

any ideas?

 

[SJ2K]

Dont want to insult you or your friends intelligense but its deffinatly not rotting food/fish waste is it? Ive had that on the substrate before.

 

[CrashingWaves]

It's possible there was something on or in the wood that has started some sort of growth. That'd be my only real guess.


God Bless,
Joshua

 

[Kevstir]

from what iv read that is normal for newly added bogwood, mines did the same and went away on its own , if i remember correctly im sure i seen my shrimp snack on it ..

 

[Davo86]

Dont want to insult you or your friends intelligense but its deffinatly not rotting food/fish waste is it? Ive had that on the substrate before.

Lol definitely not that, only 6 fish have ever gone in the tank, and the problem started about 3 weeks before fish went in,

from what iv read that is normal for newly added bogwood, mines did the same and went away on its own , if i remember correctly im sure i seen my shrimp snack on it ..

ok, however the bogwood was extremely well soaked before it went in, in normal tap water

 

[doubledee]

I had the same with my newly added wood. I just wiped it off and it never returned and was told by the good folks on here that it was harmless so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[Iron Man]

Its normal. Its happened to me two different times with driftwood. My snails loved it.

 

[nurglespuss]

Its just a build of fungi and bacteria snacking on the detriorating wood. As astute posters have noticed, detritivores (such as snails and shrimp) will indeed enjoy it.