How to prepare driftwood

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Here is an article I found on how to prepare/cure driftwood. Enjoy.

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[Strider199]

Nice article. After reading about curing driftwood on this foroum I decided to boil mine. Hogged the very large turkey pan and stove for 6 hours adding water when it boiled off. I than soaked it in a bucket over night filled with old tank water. Placed it into the tank and enjoyed. Real driftwood makes a tank come alive, kind of like live plants. Add both and voila :ssmile:

[Lady Hobbs]

When I buy wood, I just throw it in the tank. When I get wood from the wild, I scrub it with a wire brush and throw it in a trash can with lots of salt and hot water to kill any bugs that may be in it for a day or two. That's it.

[Alasse]

I boil smaller pieces, more to get rid of as much tannins as i can

Larger pieces i pour boiling water over them to open the wood to again remove tannins, larger pieces then get dropped into a tank to sink and finish the tannin thing *L*

[KatzeSlaugen]

small peices also get boiled by me. if its too big for a pot i bake it to kill anything, then use stainless lag nuts and screw it to a piece of slate. tannins in the tank can look nice and make a good reminder of whens its time to do a WC

[Alasse]

Not a fan of tannins in my display tanks, i do however like them in my BN tank.

The last bit of wood i did, cripey it was a shocker for tannins. I'd have to do daily 70% waterchanges to get it to a pale brown. I moved it to the BN tank and just left it be

[Northernguy]

This is how I do it. [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]
There are many different ways to prepare the wood,as long as its clean of the nasty's!lol

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This is how I do it.[Only Registered Users Can See Links.]
There are many different ways to prepare the wood,as long as its clean of the nasty's!lol

That link takes me to the "moderator control panel" login screen.

[Alasse]

Yep takes me the same place TYTH

[Northernguy]

Not sure how that happened but try this link.lol
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[Lady Hobbs]

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I'd simmer mine if I could be they don't make pots large enough.