drift wood?

[powrisal]

i have some drift wood in my tank and has been there for about a year now and it still stains my water as soon as i change it am i doing some thing wrong? or is that just the way it is? i look at some of the other tank set ups in here and they are beautiful what is the secret?

 

[Jkoziatek]

how big is your driftwood... u might wanna try boiling it... if its big put in the bathtub with hot hot hot water and keep on it for as good hour or two

 

[chase45]

mate i suggest dumping it into a river for a while. thats what i did. i got it out a month later and it was prime. even had yabbies with it. i boiled the log and put it in

 

[powrisal]

so after you do this it wont "bleed" any more?

 

[chase45]

yeh i got some drift wood from our local river if u wanna c

 

[powrisal]

please

 

[Kitiara]

try adding charcoal or Purigen (sp?) to your filter to help remove the yellow color. Driftwood leaches for a long time

 

[powrisal]

thanx for the info. any time line on the bleeding?