hi all

i have taken out the roots and scrubbed and boiled them
for three hours and replaced them, the slimy coating
cleaned off quite easily in hot water

so much for me worrying about my silvertips
they found the whole removal and reinstatement of the roots
quite interesting, there was a nice thick combomba there for them
to lay low in, but they were too curious!

hopefully i wont get a replay of the "fuzz"

will keep y'all posted

thanks for all the advice

rgds

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boil this in a water with table salt, for a 10 liter of water about 2 kilo of salt
after that put roots to the water in a bucket and left there for a another week,
the problem is with the roots they are not completly dead
you buy roots for terrarium purposes not for fish tank

There is a chance this will come back but it is nothing to worry about.As mentioned earlier it wont harm your fish.
I don't know why this appears on some wood but it can raise it's ugly head from time to time.

@ Micky.Although it looks a bit like black beard algae in the picture you will notice it is lighter in colour. Also BBA starts off in clumps. BBA usually grown in a good flow and the amount of Co2 doesn't seem to matter unless you over dose.
To get rid of it you can use liquid carbon (easycarbo) injected directly on to it over a couple of days. I have also heard direct overdosing with stress coat will kill it off.