Strange white stuff in tank - help!

[PixieFinn]

I did a 100% water change last night on Mabel's tank as I wanted to remove the sand substrate after reading somewhere on here that reptile sand is bad. I washed all the decor and hide in old tank water and placed into new. Just looked in to the tank and spotted a strange white cobweb looking coating on the wood- what is it? My first fear is fungus, do I need to get Mabel out fast?

 

[auntiejude]

How old is the wood, and how long has it been in the tank?

If it's relatively new it may well be something that was hiding in the wood or spores of some kind.

If you've had it a long time it could be something that got wedged in there, such as a piece of food or poop that is growing some microfauna.

Either way it's not likely to hurt you axie, just take the wood out and give it a scrub.

 

[PixieFinn]

Thanks auntiejude, that's great to know. I have managed to do a bit of an extended search back and found a similar thread so I am now boiling my wood to see if I can eradicate whatever it is. The wood is coming upto 3 weeks. I didn't previously boil it, only soaked. Unfortunately I managed to find lots of lackadaisical advice to keeping axolotl until 2 days after getting Mabel when I stumbled across this forum so I am cycling the tank with her in. ?