whats is this slime.....

[Rob 28]

....that i can see clinging to the underside of my bogwood ? Looks like jelly.

 

[gadazobe]

Snail eggs?

 

[reg2k2]

or a bit of decomposing food?

Then again, I've heard new wood can sometimes develop a fungus, which should go on its own....

 

[Opcn]

If it is like a blob of very hard jello Its snail eggs. funguses tend to look fuzzy.

Scrap it off and toss it out if you dont want them but snails are only a cosmedic nusence and will help eat any food that falls to the bottom and srape the algea away from the walls of the tank.

Opcn

 

[noelberg]

Get a pleco or some sort of suckermouth cat. They will keep driftwood very clean. And they will love you for giving them driftwood: to help with digestion and to provide a hiding place.

 

[Rob 28]

thks guys. its fungus then coz ive seen snail eggs elsewhere in the tank that are clear.

 

[noelberg]

From what I've asked other people here in the forums, it seems like bogwood fungus is pretty common. If it doesn't go away in a day or two, just scrub it off.