Habitat - Indoor

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:53 pm **Need help! My basking area has a problem!**

SO, I've been setting up my tank and so far it looks great! But, I've got a big problem!

I am using a nice driftwood as a basking area but it has white stuff growing on it, I tried putting it in hot water, cleaning it with a tooth brush, it comes off but two days later it's back!
Need help!
Could someone help me think of a way to get rid of it, or can someone even tell me if it's harmfull at all for the turtle!

Please answer as soon as possible because I am getting my turtle in a WEEK!

Could you post a picture?

16 hours after hot water bath and long brush with tooth brush :
http://s1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh558/AirFarceLive/?action=view&current=001-3.jpg

Is it fuzzy looking?

Yeah! Yet, when I touch it acts like clay.
Also if I leave it for 3-5 days it starts becoming green!
What is it?

That's weird. It sometimes get a little mildew around the water line, where there is some algae. This end is submerged in the tank?

No not really, only about half way... or maybe one third is in the water.

But right now it's completly out of water, and still grows back on!

could be water that's transferred from your turtle climbing on and off or your turtle splashing???

Not sure... I'll leave it for a while and see what happens!

How long have you had it?
Did it come from nature or a store?
I've used both in the past - if from a store, I'd return it post haste. It wasn't cured properly.
If from nature, it would depend on where it came from.
When I had Jack, I got one from the beach - it leached ocean "crud" and got soggy real fast. I am guessing because it it had been living in and out of water for a long time as the tides came and went.
I tried another one I found in the woods. Tried to dry it out it, but didn't work. It grew moss, and got soggy too.
I also recall some bunk firewood I got a few years ago. It wasn't seasoned properly (still wet deep inside), the ones at the bottom of the pile sat for awhile and eventually grew moss and white-ish mold.
That's the extent of my wood knowledge.
Bottom line - if it were me, I would either toss it or get my money back. It's a problem with the wood, plain and simple.
Do you really want to deal and worry about it on an ongoing basis? (rhetorical)

First, I have it since like one year, second I got it from the beach of lake Ontario but it started growing the white stuff after I had cut it into size only on the side I have cut out.

It seems so far perfect, by that I mean it stoped growing and just stays there, I'll try to keep up for about 2-3 months because I am getting a bigger tank so I'll be throwing it out! It is also hard and it's not soggy.

I fell lucky that it stayed dried up for one year before I used it because now it's not wet inside! :wink:

could I get a response please? lol

Take it out and scrub it when it gets like that. Maybe try to position the filter output near it to create additional circulation.

alright! Anyway in a month I am getting my bigger aquarium... about 35 gallons, so I will probably get a new basking area. BUT I've got onething in mind... never get driftwood from the wild only store!

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