What Is This

[haich]

hi all i recently changed my tank back to gravel from sand and did a complete refurb on it i added more wood and plants but the last couple of days i have noticed like a white fur growing on one piece of my mopani does anyone know what this is and how to get rid of it

cheers howard

 

[cane76]

i had the same thing on my bogwood.i starved it of light for a week and it cleared up

 

[haich]

i need light as i have a planted tank cheers anyway

 

[mike_nofx]

I also had the same thing. From my research i found it to be a fungus.

I sucessfully got rid of it in less than an hour. What i did was remove the wood, and give it a good scrub with a very clean scrubbing brush, i was running the hose over it. When i got it clean i poured heaps of boiling water all over the wood. (about 7 or so jugs full).

Boiling water does the trick, so try that, it worked for me!

If the wood is small enough it could probably fit in a large pot and boiling on the stove would probably be best. But mine was too big so i just poured it over.

 

[haich]

cheers mike will try where in oz are you lived there myself for 22 years near the blue mountains in sydney

 

[mike_nofx]

Im from Illawarra area. Shellharbour

About 25mins south of wollongong.

 

[unspoken930]

Sorry to jack the thread lol but wollongong.... wow what an interesting name, not to mention the other 2... sounds like a random fantasy book town.

 

[haich]

a good ways from where i was how are the st george steelers??? getting on?

 

[mike_nofx]

Im not sure if you know already, But the St George Dragons and the Illawarra Steelers merged. They're now called the 'St George, Illawarra Dragons' but i cant really tell you how they're going as i dont watch footy.

unspoken - Those are the normal names, there is a lot stranger names than that! Try Oodnadatta, Yackandandah, Iron Knob, Uluru. Actually come to think of it, most town names here are funny sounding, even the normal ones!

 

[haich]

yeah i knew they merged but wasnt 100% on what they were called what do you follow aussie rules? cricket?or football now they got there first win in a world cup lol