Is this a type of algae???

[Byron]

Could I soak in a 1-20 bleach solution? Or would that damage my cycle?

Soaking wood in bleach means the bleach is now inside the wood and can leech out over time. Never soak wood or rock in anything but water. Salt can be OK depending, but I doubt salt would kill fungus.

 

[Rocky998]

Soaking wood in bleach means the bleach is now inside the wood and can leech out over time. Never soak wood or rock in anything but water. Salt can be OK depending, but I doubt salt would kill fungus.

Hmm, is there anything I could do to kill the fungus?

 

[Rocky998]

Soaking wood in bleach means the bleach is now inside the wood and can leech out over time. Never soak wood or rock in anything but water. Salt can be OK depending, but I doubt salt would kill fungus.

I was researching online and found out that a lot of sites recommend puting the wood in a 1-20 bleach solution to kill off fungus spores... 1-20 means 1 cup of bleach and 20 cups water... Bleach in that amount is almost harmless. I'll also let the wood soak in pure dechlorinated water for a night before putting it back in the tank

 

[Byron]

The problem with using any substance (like bleach) is that it absorbs into the wood and can leech out later. I'm sure many things would kill the fungus, but likely the aquarium life too.

 

[Rocky998]

The problem with using any substance (like bleach) is that it absorbs into the wood and can leech out later. I'm sure many things would kill the fungus, but likely the aquarium life too.

I was also reading on about how you can leave it and that eventually it'll go away... I will get some snails when the cycle is over and he can have a feast... If the snail dies I will then be concerned about it being toxic, but rn its a harmless fungus

 

[itiwhetu]

That is simply the wrong type of wood to be using in your tank. Throw it out and find another piece from somewhere.

 

[Rocky998]

That is simply the wrong type of wood to be using in your tank. Throw it out and find another piece from somewhere.

Uuhh no.... This wood is completely fine... Many people use spider wood. It was a $30 piece my parents bought as well so no. It looks very nice AND fungus is completely natural on submerged wood. Maybe for you, you dont like it and you'd get rid of it but for me its just natural

 

[Rocky998]

That is simply the wrong type of wood to be using in your tank. Throw it out and find another piece from somewhere.

May I ask though, why is it the "wrong" wood?

 

[itiwhetu]

May I ask though, why is it the "wrong" wood?

If it has this kind of growth on it, it will only ever give you trouble. I don't want other aquarists thinking you can salvage something like this. Like I say throw it out and start again.
If you want to bleach it, boil it, and cover it fungicide go for it, but it will come back and haunt you later.

 

[Rocky998]

If it has this kind of growth on it, it will only ever give you trouble. I don't want other aquarists thinking you can salvage something like this. Like I say throw it out and start again.
If you want to bleach it, boil it, and cover it fungicide go for it, but it will come back and haunt you later.

What trouble do you mean?

 

[itiwhetu]

What trouble do you mean?

Potentially you could buy your fish, put them in your tank and they all die in a week.

 

[StandbySetting]

To suggest that any wood that produces fungus will give you problems is not a statement I agree with. The OP is using redmoor wood, widely used in the hobby.

Manzanita, mopani, red moor plus various others I've used over the years most have produced some kind of fungus at first soaking. All of the afore mentioned are commonly included in aquascapes and in all my years of fish keeping the only time I've heard of fungus killing fish is in this thread. (Every day's a school day) I'm not disputing what others are saying in terms of some fungi being toxic, but speaking from my own experience I've never experienced or heard of fungus seen in aquaria being of detriment to any live stock. In fact I've had set ups where shrimp and snails feast on the stuff... Maybe I'm just lucky...

Ultimately the decision is yours to make based on the advice given in this thread, feel free to do additional research too. But I echo the above and strongly advise against any kind of soaking, wood is porous so whatever you soak it in will end up in the wood and slowly leech back out into the after column.

Fungus grows because there are nutrients within the wood feeding it, eventually they will be depleted and it will no longer have a food source and starve until it no longer exists.

 

[itiwhetu]

In principle you shouldn't encourage any fungal growth in your tank

 

[Rocky998]

To suggest that any wood that produces fungus will give you problems is not a statement I agree with. The OP is using redmoor wood, widely used in the hobby.

Manzanita, mopani, red moor plus various others I've used over the years most have produced some kind of fungus at first soaking. All of the afore mentioned are commonly included in aquascapes and in all my years of fish keeping the only time I've heard of fungus killing fish is in this thread. (Every day's a school day) I'm not disputing what others are saying in terms of some fungi being toxic, but speaking from my own experience I've never experienced or heard of fungus seen in aquaria being of detriment to any live stock. In fact I've had set ups where shrimp and snails feast on the stuff... Maybe I'm just lucky...

Ultimately the decision is yours to make based on the advice given in this thread, feel free to do additional research too. But I echo the above and strongly advise against any kind of soaking, wood is porous so whatever you soak it in will end up in the wood and slowly leech back out into the after column.

Fungus grows because there are nutrients within the wood feeding it, eventually they will be depleted and it will no longer have a food source and starve until it no longer exists.

ok thank you. That sounds logical and it sounds like something I actually read about

 

[StandbySetting]

Some Fungi are beneficial in our aquaria, many types have symbiotic relationships, particularly with plants. Though not entirely related to what we are discussing here.