Brown residue dripping from driftwood log?

[Gentlemangorath]

The driftwood log I have in my Green Tree Frog's tank has begun dripping some sort of residue into the water dish below and its got me worried. I went to a petstore to look for a replacement, and when I asked the owner about this he said it was just substrate and other things like oils or somethig dripping off the wood during misting, and that its not harmful for the frogs. Is this true? Anyone have any idea if this is true? Or any other insight as to what may be dripping off the log as well? If its not hurting them, I don't want to have to replace the log just yet and deprive them of their hiding spot.

[MatthewM1]

Boil it and it should draw it all out

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[Gentlemangorath]

For how long? I don't want the frogs to be out of their tank for tooo long, it moght stress them put. Replacing the log probably would stress them out more so though, so I'll boil it out then

[MatthewM1]

15-20 mins should do the trick. After you pull it you can submurse it in cool dechlorinated water to speed up the cooling process

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[Gentlemangorath]

So apparently the driftwood has mold on it too. I assume I have to throw it out then right?

[deranged chipmunk]

if it is brown liquid, it is probably the tannins in the wood. boiling it may help a bit, but you will never be able to remove it all completely. the only thing that will do that is time. it won't hurt the frogs at all. so, if you don't want to remove the wood, it's not really necessary

[Gentlemangorath]

Any idea if the mold can be boiled off? I doubt it though, so I'll probably have to end up tossing it.

[deeishealthy]

What colour is the mold?

[Gentlemangorath]

It was like a white with blue tint around the edges. Something like that, I mostly just panicked and got one of the little guys out from inside of it .