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Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thanks for watching! For more details or items seen in the video check out the description box.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thanks, Slime went after a few days.

Eric Watchtower - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets I Set up a 80 litre tank had the same problem with white slime on the bog wood.. what I did was to siphon off much of the white slime a few times.... added 4 large snails slime disappeared within a week...

Tyler Murray - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets I had that happen in my 25 gallon and when I'd notice it start to get really bad I would clean it off but after a while it would start to go away and I have snails and a pleco that would eat it so that was helpful

Stormy Mist - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets I had that happened to some wood that I put in my ten gallon

Damion Swartz - 6 years ago

I have found that it will last a lot longer in newer tanks than in an older one. I have a 20 Long that took 3 months for it to go away. It was a new tank I had just set up. Then with my 20 tall it would last a few days and its been running for 2 years

Guppy Gal & Tanzie the Ragdoll - 6 years ago

just want to let you know that slime happened to me with a banana plant that I put in my aquarium and I could not get rid of it Corentine the plant, And try different things. I even poured. 3% peroxide on it in desperation and it did not go away. it did not kill the plant either. I didn’t want it to get on my other plant so I just threw it away. Wood, I just wanted to tell you I get a crockpot cooking bag, and I cook my wood all day long in my crockpot on high then low then high then low and it change the water and do it again the next day it really does a great job and then between the cooking /?boiling I scrub it with a nail brush really well.

Erica Mendoza - 6 years ago

What is the name of the plant in your original shrimp tank shown in this video?

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

It’s guppy grass.

Antonyms TheTarsier - 6 years ago

How do you remove the shrimps in a planted tanks??

Pet Central 101 - 6 years ago

Can you show us how you grow so many Marimo balls? :D

Mark Cena - 6 years ago

This white slime also appeared on the suction cup of my submersible thermometer. What should i do?

Elizabeth Ann - 6 years ago

When you did your research did this seem to be a fungus specific to cholla wood, or did you find instances of this on other types of wood?

CoroaEntertainment - 6 years ago

@Elizabeth Ann Other types of driftwood can also get it. Just ignore it and it will eventually go away once the good bacteria in your filter and substrate catches up. If you don't like the look of it and don't want to wait the 1-2 months it can take for it to go away, get some ghost shrimp or a bristle nose pleco. They both love it.

Cancer cells - 6 years ago

What if its on the back of my tank what do i do

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

When you water change wipe it off, otherwise leave it. It will go away on its own.

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Mike M - 6 years ago

I setup a brand new 3g tank for my betta complete with heater and filtration, used a small rock substrate a fake silk plant and a castle decor piece so not even any wood in there. Within a week if i disturbed any of the decor I would notice a ton of slime just come off it. If I dont disturb it you wont even see it, but after a month the water has a slight white tinge to it. I wanted to let the tank cycle as opposed to doing 100% water changes so i let the water sit for a month and im about to test for nitrates and do the first water change. I have read that this is common in new/uncycled tanks so hopefully since I let it cycle once I clean it out it won't return.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

So hopefully you'll have nitrates then. A month is a long time to go without doing a water change while the fish is in the tank.

Pedarsag - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets I didn't use an ammonia source. I threw my betta right in. Used the betta conditioner by seachem. Monitored ammonia everyday waiting for the first sign of ammonia to put some prime in and detoxify it but it's not reading any ammonia at all.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

What did you use to cycle the tank? What was the ammonia source to start the cycle?

54Punchie - 6 years ago

perfect food for baby shrimp. I try to grow it, but it never lasts very long in my tank with shrimp

Shelley H. - 6 years ago

I've noticed that only happens to me when i use cholla wood. I've never had a problem with Malaysian drift wood.

Barb G - 6 years ago

Hydrogen Peroxide treatment or buy Kordon "Rid Fungus" will clear it up immediately. My Betta fish was not harmed by the fungus by the way. I highly recommend the Kordon because it is all natural remedy.

Hobo Aquatics - 6 years ago

I have Cholla wood in my aquarium and never had that. But, I do have snails (for my pea puffers) and Amano shrimp in there as well.

Theboredguy97 - 6 years ago

Omg your betta fish is so beautiful. Your shrimp are awesome. I hate that white stuff. I normally do water change to get them out.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thank you. The white Slime has gone now:)

PetsPlants Life - 6 years ago

may i ask for u to do a tutorial of all of your tanks. that would be great.

Zac Obe - 6 years ago

I had some of the white 'fungus' on my driftwood. I just had a molly, golden mystery snail 10 neon tetras and 2 baby plecos. It was gone within a week and a half.

Gavin Fox - 6 years ago

idk if u remember me but anyways can I have some advice about what plants and lights that I should use for my male crown tail betta

Mia Elizabeth - 6 years ago

hi, sorry that this comment is late but...... I have been having issues with my plants in my tank. I have a 32l (8.5gallon) betta fish tank that is split into three. I want it to be a fully planted tank but i just can't keep them alive. I have a mix of anubias, amozon sword, micro sword and a type of crypticorne. i have a strong light on the tank and i have been dosing the tank with Florish, Flourish excel and Florish iron. My light is on a timer for 8hours of the day but i still seem to get algae. PLZ HELP ME

Mia Elizabeth - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets thank you so much, I will try what you said

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

I would try reducing the lighting down to 5-6 hours a day, the plants you have a mainly low light plants so if the light is too strong it will encourage algae growth.

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Dolphincutie World - 6 years ago

Great video! I never seen or heard it before thanks for making the video!

HW Geez - 6 years ago

you need to continuously remove the slime.

Vidyut Periyasamy - 6 years ago

What is that plant in the shrimp tank?

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

I think it's called Anacharis.

Happy Pets - 6 years ago

Hmm I was getting the exact same thing with my new plants I ordered from H2O plants.I did not bleach them because they were all jungle val. As soon as I saw it I did a 100% water clean in the tank they were in, and tried removing it with my hand. I trimmed the vals greatly because (when I got them) they were mostly dead, and didn't have a chance of revival. All went well after the trimming and cleaning, but a day later, it came back on one of the plants. Not nearly as bad as before, but the vale have jumped back (sort of) to a stable health.I tried researching but I found absolutely nothing...what do you think it is?

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

The fungal/bacterial growth can happen on plants too. It's not as common though. Jungle val usually doesn't travel well but once cut down it will grow back.

Creative Pet Keeping - 6 years ago

So interesting. I have never had it happen before..but now if it does.. I will know :D

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Yes this was a first for me too.

Blake Martin - 6 years ago

Can I put a moss ball in my Betta tank?

N Endibus - 6 years ago

In my aquarium there is a similar white slime at the spot where the CO2 enters the flipper.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Interesting, I've no Co2 in this tank. It seems to be very common, I've just not had it happen before.

Shelbi Green - 6 years ago

You could always put a rock on top of the floating drift wood to help it sink :)

K - 6 years ago

should get rid of those if it attaches to your fishes it's going to start eating the part where it attaches, unless you get that blue stuff. i had a spider something driftwood that stuff kept going on it no more how many times i cleaned, lost one of my fishes like that, the white stuff attach itself to the fishes tail and the tail dissolved then it happened again with my betta then reached, says the blue stuff helps and it did, took three or four days till it was off her. i started with 5 to 20+ shrimps now there is 4 grown ones left and some i dont know how many fries.

edited: but for some reason it doesn't grow on the dark driftwood

ashish lama - 6 years ago

put pleco in that drift wood tank

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Silly Bettas - 6 years ago

I have somthing like this but on 2 of my rubber plants. There is this slime coat and it makes my hands sticky.!but every time I clean the tank I clean of the slime. I really hope this all clears up. Can't wait to see how this all turns out. But please add Indian almond leafs with the shrimps. It helps them breed and they LOVE to eat it.

Wallywutsizface - 6 years ago

This happened the first time I put driftwood in my aquarium. It only took about a week for it to go away on its own, although there was much less on mine than yours.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thanks, good to know.

ryan ramnarine - 6 years ago

a bristle nose pleco took care of my white slime outbreak. she literally ate it all lol

Jessica Crippen - 6 years ago

I'm so glad that the little shrimp are doing such a great job at clean up! How long did you quarantine them before distributing them into your other tanks? And does the individual who you got them from sell them/ offer shipping? I don't have the slightest clue on how to choose a reliable seller!

THE KING OF ANIMAL CARE - 6 years ago

Great video

Legendary Nacho - 6 years ago

Urgent help, so my fish poop has been hiding for a while as i check the tank all the time. One morning woke up and lots of poop, removed around 60% the rest is hard to siphon as it gets into the gravel, should i let it turn into ammonia? And then do 50% water change next week?

DebTim A CANADIAN Girl - 6 years ago

HI Sheila.. I've had that before. Plecos like it as well. I just brush it off and rinsed it on water change days and it eventually disappeared! No problem. Nice update!

DebTim A CANADIAN Girl - 6 years ago

I agree.. we need to see these things first hand to learn best.. besides.. it' looks really cool.. like smoke or something. =D

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

It's amazing to me how each aquarium set up is so different. I've used this type of wood many times before and never come across this. Glad it happened though, love learning new things!

Berts Berts - 6 years ago

I got my wood since December and the slime is still on it. I would brush it off but it keeps coming back so I just let it be lol

Alexa Swiatkowski - 6 years ago

Solid Gold Aquatics had the same thing.

heatherwanderer777 - 6 years ago

Looks like Biofilm, shrimp, snails, plecos will devour it in no time. You'll probably never get such a noticeable amount again once you let the shrimp at it

Alex Gomez - 6 years ago

dose anyone know why the same looking white slime dtarted growing on my frmale betta fish when she was quarantined!

Lovebetta - 6 years ago

I had that when I was soaking my Malaysian driftwood, but it's was in the bucket. That's normal during curing period. I did water change every two days and it maybe took 3-4 weeks before it stop producing white slime.

Jack smith - 6 years ago

I think its fungus. But you're right its harmless.

I have some sipder wood in my betta tank and the fungus is only starting go go away now. I got my betta on the 3rd of may but the tank was set up before hand so for me its been about 2 months.

In my comunity tank i never noticed it because my platys and snails did a good job at keeping the wood clean.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

After putting Nerite snails in, it has made a bit of difference.

Down the Worm Hole - 6 years ago

Floated a piece of drift wood for 4 months before sinking it in my tank, Instant white growth, LFS advised me to ignore it, was gone after about 4 weeks.

D.P.K Fish Aquariums - 6 years ago

I had that happen to me once I used api sludge destroyer and and let it balance out it usually go away in a few weeks .

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thanks, good to know.

L. Seiber - 6 years ago

Had the same issue with driftwood i bought back in January or February and it was mostly cleared up within the first couple months, but I do have a thicker chunk of wood that is still seeping out the white slime. I recently began taking an old toothbrush to it when I do my weekly water changes and it seems to be helping a lot.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

It's amazing to me how each tank is so different. Reading through the comments it ranges from days to months.

Deon 0026 - 6 years ago

It's totally normal

Toño Soldadura - 6 years ago

after it will pealed off by it self about 1 month of experience with that but does not alterate the water parameters

Toño Soldadura - 6 years ago

its normal

Randy Hightower - 6 years ago

I have heard many places that shrimp and snails work really well together. if you are worried about an outbreak of snails I'd suggest getting some small mystery snails. They have more particular breeding requirements vs other types.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

I will be putting snails in the tank but not ones that can take over the tank. I have several different types of snails in other tanks but this tank I want very specific things in as it is going to be a breeding tank for profit.

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Tin Fraz - 6 years ago

I had it for about 3 weeks in my 45 gallon sorority! The drift wood was covered along with a few decorations... I would vacuum it off because it just looked terrible to me, but I think it just balanced itself out more then my efforts helped lol

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

That's the conclusion I've come to, us 'helping' is probably hindering....lol!

Becki L - 6 years ago

This always happens when I put new bogwood in my tank. (I boil mine also) It usually goes away after a couple of weeks though. First time I freaked out too though.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

I'm finding it interesting seeing how each aquarium is different. Some people are saying a few days others weeks or months. It just goes to show how each set up is totally different.

WhatEvenIsThis _ - 6 years ago

In my personal experience on all pieces of drift wood I have put in my aquariums besides a huge piece I put in a recently established tank this stuff is extremely common the white stuff will show up after about 2 weeks or so, just with regular maintenance; I personally just brush it down with a aquarium devoted toothbrush and it almost always clears itself within a week.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Good to know thanks!

Anthony Ragan - 6 years ago

I had ghost shrimp that ate that stuff like it was an all-you-can-eat salad bar.

River of Chained Delusions- we have a page on AJCW - 6 years ago

Gets ghost shrimp nn

Anthony Ragan - 6 years ago

I was just rewatching the video: did I notice the cherry shrimp dining on black spot algae in one tank? I have a real problem with that variety, and my amanos don't seem to touch it.

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Lol....!

MisterBassBoost - 6 years ago

Fantastic video! Keep it up!

Expert Aquatic - 6 years ago

Why do you have so manny moss balls

Expert Aquatic - 6 years ago

I was talking to Sheila not u

Rhythm F. - 6 years ago

Expert Aquatic why not

Green Thumb Aquariums - 6 years ago

I've got 2 small patches of this that refuse to go away after a few months. I've scraped it off, but it came back. My amanos and cherry shrimp don't seem to eat it.

The Fish Nerd - 6 years ago

I've had that fungus grow on several pieces of wood that I've added to my tanks. It hasn't lasted more than a week or two for me. :)

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Good to know thanks!

Susan for SLC Aquatics - 6 years ago

Sheila I'm so glad you shared this video. I just received some cholla wood and didn't know about what you have been going through. I'll let you know if I experience the same. Thanks again!

Cynthia Taylor - 6 years ago

Lifewithpets I received my cholla wood today and have heard from others on Amazon where I bought it that they had the same problem.

Susan for SLC Aquatics - 6 years ago

I don't like the looks of it either, I hope I don't get it but if I do now I know through you. thanks sweetheart! #fishfam love. :D

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Thanks. I've used it many times in the past and this has never happened but in a way I'm glad it did, as I've learned something new!! Don't like the look of the Slime though.....lol!

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The Aquatic Keeper - 6 years ago

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Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

Once you've videos uploaded I'm sure people will subscribe. Thanks for watching.

The Aquarium Show - 6 years ago

i did have the fungos everytime I've put a new wood in the tank, you just leave it as is, and after one to two weeks it just disappeared, its absolutely normal, and you just need to wait, you can put the wood in the shrimp tank and they might eat it, I haven't tried it so i jave no idea if they will actually eat it, 100% ghe snails will eat it.
shrimp are looking great!

Lifewithpets - 6 years ago

The nerite snails are doing a good job of eating it. Just need the last piece to stop floating!