driftwood mold

[shoveltrash]

The top portion of my manzanita that is above the water line has developed mold! What should I do???So far I've just wiped it off.......but it grows back. Is it dangerous to my fish?

[Second Hand Pat]

Trish, if it is a whitest looking mold it is harmless but ugly.

[JamesHe]

Pleco will eat it.

[pseudocaesar]

Pleco will eat it.
Not unless they have developed lungs they wont.

[shoveltrash]

Yeah, its above the water line....no pleco can go there.

Pat the mold is green (!).

[3dees]

I would just wipe it off. I have mushrooms growing on my above water manzanita. should'nt hurt anything.

[Second Hand Pat]

Yeah, its above the water line....no pleco can go there.

Pat the mold is green (!).

Is it at the water line? some sort of algae?

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Can you take it out of the tank give it a good bath in say PP or bleach/water mix for a couple days?

[shoveltrash]

Is it at the water line? some sort of algae?it is not in the water at all. doesn't look like algae, looks like mold LOL.


I would just wipe it off. I have mushrooms growing on my above water manzanita. should'nt hurt anything.I've been wiping it......for now I think I'll just keep doing that unless I hear of some horror story of mold spores falling in water killing Discus (!).




Can you take it out of the tank give it a good bath in say PP or bleach/water mix for a couple days?Jeff honestly I'm terrified of using bleach or PP. the 'terror' of new Discus ownership.....having lost a couple of Discus prior to getting this group I'm extremely paranoid :crazy: :).

[Second Hand Pat]

Trish, can you share a picture of the green mold?

[Vince-Lenny]

Can you take it out of the tank give it a good bath in say PP or bleach/water mix for a couple days?

Can somebody please tell me what "PP" stands for?

[JamesHe]

Can somebody please tell me what "PP" stands for?

KMnO4, or Potassium Permanganate

[JamesHe]

Not unless they have developed lungs they wont.

LOL, ok, I will take out the wood and boil its tip.

[Larry Bugg]

Take it out and pressure wash it. I do all my wood every several months. Looks like new.

[JamesHe]

Take it out and pressure wash it. I do all my wood every several months. Looks like new.

I let Pleco clean it for me.

In this case, may be just turn upside down for few weeks.

[shoveltrash]

I like the idea of pressure washing - perhaps I'll do that this weekend. I hate the thought of wrangling the wood out (& traumatizing the Discus!). it's a TIGHT squeeze.
meantime I'll try and get a pic of it.......but I just cleaned it yesterday so there's not so much to see LOL.
no plecos in my tank, nor will there be (I had a pleco sucking on Discus problem in my other tank!).