Pieces of wood with some "fungus"

I got a few pieces of wood from a pet shop last week, I put a piece in my emperors, red claw and future b.jacksoni's tank. It makes a week there in there. Yesterday when I fed my scorpions and checked on everything, I saw that there was some kind of fungus forming on the lower part of the pieces, where it contacts the moist coco fibre. Is this normal, should I discard them or leave them there. Is there maybe some other type of wood I could use, I find it nice, and is somewhat natural for them.[img][/img]
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Try washing it, baking it, and putting it back in. That should kill any remaining spores and such.

it will all get fungus every three months or so i have to do it to mine that i had bought, if you do the same procedure,

wash with hot water,
dry for a few hours,
then bake at 350 for 20 minuets to a half an hour
let stand to cool down

to any piece of wood you find and put it in your terrarium

Ok, I will give it a try today.

yeah I've spotted that on my wood before and followed that procedure. But for nooks and crannies I have a dremmel and grind it out just to make sure it has gone

but idoes it represent a danger for te scorpions??

you could use bogwood as that is for fish so wont go mouldy and looks good

chevy_power427 wrote:

but idoes it represent a danger for te scorpions??

i have tried to have i geuss some differnt kinds of fungus infections in my tanks, but i belive as long as they are small and wont fill up the whole tank, your scorp shouldnt be in danger..

i for once just opened a film canister where i keep L.burdoi in and found it filled with fungus but the little guy was kinda happy down there..

Just cleaned up their enclosures, did as electrophyste said, will check as time goes by

I'm sure the mould wouldn't harm the scorpions anyway, I'm 100% sure they encounter a ton of mould in the wild.

I dont even buy wood anymore. only for the fish tanks. i found some really interesting pieces. i have a whole root system from a tree and its totally hollowed out through the base and roots. tunnels all through it. i love it for my beardy.

3 days later, fungus is back, but very minimal, I guess that I'll leave it like this, and I'll redo the procedure every month or so, as long as it not exagerated.