'stuff' on my driftwood

I converted my 30cm nano to a planted tank over the weekend.
All looks well, Mr Betta is happy, water is clear, plants (two kinds of java fern and anubias nana) seem OK (so far!).

tank is kept at +-26 deg and has a small internal filter. Light comes from a small desk lamp with a 'daylight' energy saver lamp. at the moment the tank is lit for 12+ hours (mostly because I dont have a timer yet). Substrate is fine red jasper gravel.

I added a little bit of sera florena just to boost the plants.

Driftwood was soaked/cured for two weeks before being added to the tank.

Last night I noticed there was 'stuff' on the driftwood. it looks like a vaguely opaque, colorless 'slime', like a halo around the wood. it's only on the wood, not the rocks or plants or glass.

what IS that? and how do I get rid of it?
can get pics tonight if that would help?

 

I would recommend posting some pics then I would give you my opinion, reason being I could guess but be wrong lol

 

i wouldnt stress. ive had it before.. my fish were fine and it went away within a month..

also my sae and snails seemed to like it

 

my Betta is flaring at it. LOL! but then again he spent the first hour in his newly decorated house flaring at everything. the rocks, the gravel, the plants. they're such amusing fish

 

iv seen something like that on the branchy driftwood i think its guava wood dont know if yours is the same?

 

@oscar freak not sure what kind of wood it is to be honest. it's light coloured and branchy, came from a LFS

 

It's a harmless fungis, should go away on it's own after a few weeks.

 

never seen it on any of my"normal" driftwood,is it maybe prone to just that kind of wood?i dunno:/

 

@Anine

Please still post some pics as I am curious to see what this nano looks like.

Regards
TC

 

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/driftwood.php

 

I've had it too. Looks sorta like (pardon me) snot. Don't know exactly what it is, maybe some sort of algae?
It will 'flake' off in a couple of days, and disappear, its not likely to come back.
Sometimes the fish eat it, so it looks yucky, but it's not harmful.

 

@TropicalCool yup! will get pics tonight. I'm rather please with my first attempt

 

@Noodle yes! exactly like snot. glad to hear it's not harmful

 

Sounds exactly the same as to what i have, took out the wood and scrubbed it, but it has come back to will be scrubbing the wood again and doing a water change. This stuff spreads quickly as well.

 

Don't worry about scrubbing, it won't help. Just leave it alone and it will go away on its own soon enough. It may well spread to the rocks and other stuff in the tank. It looks gross, but it's only temporary!

 

3 weeks already mmm and its very unslightly ... will be patient.

 

My experience, scrubbing it made it worse, and lasts longer. If you ignore it and let it run its course, itll be.gone in a few weeks

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Ok will give it another week or two

 

and here are pics of the wood 'snot'

 

Yep the same this side and spreading hhmmpp