Baked..driftwood
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...Awww, thanks Spizz...they are wonderful fish have HUGE personalities, they crack me up when I am in the tank...they chase me around where ever my arm goes, not trying to get me just being nosy I guess.
BTW, ok I'll do that next time (lower the water)
BTW, ok I'll do that next time (lower the water)
bigspizz;1685445; said:
I thought the same thing!
As Spizz said before, baking ONLY kills what's in the wood. That's it. I added 2 new pieces a couple months ago. Baked, then put in an empty tank, setup with filter, heater, the works. Let it soak and leak out some of the tannins while doing small water changes each day for the first few days. Put them in the main tank after about a week and a half. I did the same thing you described, LadyG, by forming a "cave" across from the substrate over the wood. There's no way it's going to harm the fish or the tank (mine). You just have to test it (bump it, hit it) and make sure it's solid. It would be a different story if you were balancing a rock on it. I checked one of my pieces yesterday actually, and it's sunk. The other one, on the other hand, still has some soaking to do.
I could have avoided this by leaving them in the soaking tank, but I'm impatient, too!
i want a tank deep enough to justify getting one of those "old people top shelf reaching claw" things...
Thanks Pd!!!
Yeah, when setting things in the tank I always check to make sure it doesn't fall when bumped or knocked into. Believe me with my Oscar, everything is tested...when I move anything in the tank he is over investigating it immediately, he is knocking into it, swimming sideways under and around it, even trying to pick it up with his mouth...he cracks me up! I am constantly having to move the rocks on the bottom around, he is always moving them and making big piles in the corners and everything, and he gets mad at me when I try and move them back, he swims over to my arm and does this "shake" thing (kinda makes me think of a pitbull!!) LMAO!
Yeah, when setting things in the tank I always check to make sure it doesn't fall when bumped or knocked into. Believe me with my Oscar, everything is tested...when I move anything in the tank he is over investigating it immediately, he is knocking into it, swimming sideways under and around it, even trying to pick it up with his mouth...he cracks me up! I am constantly having to move the rocks on the bottom around, he is always moving them and making big piles in the corners and everything, and he gets mad at me when I try and move them back, he swims over to my arm and does this "shake" thing (kinda makes me think of a pitbull!!) LMAO!
He's an oscar 
. They're notorious for knocking stuff around, so just make sure the rock's heavy enough he can't move it and you'll be set.
. They're notorious for knocking stuff around, so just make sure the rock's heavy enough he can't move it and you'll be set.
Savior19;1689463; said:
You can boil, bake, soak, wash with bleach......it's personal preference mainly.
