[AquaticLife] Mold/Melafix
Pimafix is the antifungal. Melafix is an antibacterial product.
If the tank is new, the mold is not uncommon and will eventually die off as the ecology of the tank establishes itself. I’ve seen this in the past when adding a piece of driftwood to a new tank and you can find countless postings in forums about this.
If you don’t have Pimafix, you could try… and I’d try this first… using a turkey baster and squirting non-diluted Hydrogen Peroxide on the mold. The “normal” HP that you buy at a drug store is usually 3% and I’ve used this on hair algae with no problems at doses of 1 oz. per 10G in a tank with fish. HP is H2O2 so it’s chemically very similar to water H2O. HP simply has an extra Oxygen molecule so it has an oxidizing effect on things. Once it oxidizes (bubbles), that is the extra Oxygen molecule leaving which basically leaves distilled water as a byproduct. Here are some threads/articles on using HP on various types of algae and there may be some mention about using it on mold also.
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/hydrogen-peroxide.html
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/aquainfo/algae_peroxide.html
http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/Algae/hair-algae.html
I wouldn’t use bleach.. even in a very diluted solution as it would take an awful lot of dechlor to stabilize the chlorine released in using bleach.
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