question about driftwood algae

[Sophia]

I found some driftwood on a beach some time ago and soaked it till it sank. I'm pretty sure it is pohutukawa as some other pieces were quite red wood. Certainly not pine, and not rotting. The water was always relatively clear and I changed it every weekend. A few weeks after it had sunk I found it would start to grow a brown slime algae - it would start in the hollows like a mist gathers in the valley (poetic I know) and then slowly creep around the log but suspended around it, not stuck to it. If you poke it it comes away and floats about and then sinks. I thought it was because it was in a bucket with no current and incandescent lighting etc.

It's now been in the tank for a week and it's started again. It doesn't seem to affect the plants growing in the wood. It's not brown diatom algae so I'm not going to buy an oto to eat it. I have got it on notice at the moment. If it doesn't clear up or turn into something the fish like then I will chuck it out and start again. Has anyone else had this? What did you do? What does it evolve into?

[BikBok]

yeah I've had the same thing happen but the slime was more milky white. It went away by itself after a few weeks and it was only on the driftwood.

[Sophia]

that's promising

[Skip™]

I basically had the same thing - but as BikBok said - it disappeared after a few weeks.

I would remove it manually if I saw it starting, and it eventually never came back again.

HTH.

[Sophia]

tonight I sucked some off with a dropper so will see if that helps too