how many times and for how long should i boil the piece of drift wood that im putting in my tank?
boiling drift wood
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Orchid0;1852968; said:
I have never heard this, but I guess anything is possible.
Depends on what you want to do with it. If you want to kill the nasties, just boil for a little bit. If you just want to make it sink, soak it till it sinks. If you just what to get the debris off the outside, just srub under hot water. If you want to get all the tannins out, soak it (boiling can actually cause the wood to seal up and leach less tannins until it cools back down, so don't do that) changing the water every day until it stops turning colors.
Me? I just throw it in. I too like to live dangerously.
Well, I usually boil mine for a few hours. Really, it depends on the piece and where I got it as to what I do. Pieces I find myself, I have boiled, soaked in salt water, then fresh water, boiled and cleaned again. These were pieces I found in "firewood", the ones I got out of a lake..I boiled and scrubbed in salt water, then soaked in fresh and threw in the tank. Other pieces I bought I just soaked scrubbed and put in.
The reason I did salt water soak, scrubs was because salt water can help draw out impurities in the wood.
The reason I did salt water soak, scrubs was because salt water can help draw out impurities in the wood.
These bad boys were cooked in a Kiln. That's whatsup! Keeps it rock hard and doesn't fall apart. Downside, it never sinks.....
