So I just got a small piece of driftwood from my kinda-LFS, what should I do now? Do I have to soak it? Or can I just put it where I want it
Collecting Wild Driftwood...
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what did I say wrong? I got my first real piece of driftwood... I don't want to screw up my tank....
Just don't want my thread being jacked. Rinse it, boil it, bake it. Might take a bit to sink but youll be fine.
sorry didnt mean to thread steal lol
free bump! Someone help him identify whats on his driftwood!!!!
Ok, black spots could be anything, it looked like you prepped the wood fine, I would have just let it be in the tank and watched it. Mine had white fluffy stuff grow on it for a few days, then I found out plecos really like that stuff and they ate it down and grew two inches in a month too.
As for store bought woods, I usually treat them as found wood cause who knows where they have been sitting or what they caught in a warehouse. Wash it up, scrub it good, soak it in a bucket to leech out some tannins for awhile and then into the tank.
In Chicago area you can find some nice stuff around Orland Park area or the North Riverside/Riverside/Lyons area.
As for store bought woods, I usually treat them as found wood cause who knows where they have been sitting or what they caught in a warehouse. Wash it up, scrub it good, soak it in a bucket to leech out some tannins for awhile and then into the tank.
In Chicago area you can find some nice stuff around Orland Park area or the North Riverside/Riverside/Lyons area.
