Cleaning driftwood

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Austin

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I have a couple LARGE pieces of drift wood i got out of a local lake. how is the best way to clean them to put in my big tank? I power washed them and have been soaking them in a 100 gal Rubbermaid tub for now. any advice?
 
fishfobia;3177242; said:
put bolling water in there and what temp did you power wash it at
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i power washed it at water hose temperature water :). boiling is far far from possible. when i say large piece i mean 50+ lbs and 4 ft long at the longest.....it's almost ad stump like piece.
 
Freezekougra;3177257; said:
send a piece to me so I can replace the crappy 13" one my angelfish got stuck under xD
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i can get more from my buddy if you're really interested...shipping aint cheap though. pm me.
 
don't do what I just did yesterday; give them a quick hose then dump them in your tank. I've got a thin layer of oil/scum on the top. Lucky there's no fish, I'm just going to do regular water changes untill most of the tannin is gone and the oil/scum disappear.
 
Liam;3177339; said:
don't do what I just did yesterday; give them a quick hose then dump them in your tank. I've got a thin layer of oil/scum on the top. Lucky there's no fish, I'm just going to do regular water changes untill most of the tannin is gone and the oil/scum disappear.
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yeah i'm soaking them in the garage first, for that reason and so they are waterlogged when i put them in.
 
well ive got some really big pieces in a tank, all i did was scrub them down with a brush, and soak them for a few weeks-changing the water when it was dark with tanins-they still leached for a few months but that was about it.
 
cool. i'll just keep soaking then :)
 
If it's a large piece of driftwood, you definitely want to make sure that it is waterlogged.
I tried putting some large driftwood in my 125 and it didn't work. It was not waterlogged so the pressure was pretty extreme to try and get it underwater :(
 
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