driftwood
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Hey Shawn, you can soak it in a high concentration salt bath and or boil the wood. That will kill off any hitch hikers.
A good rinsing is all I've ever done with rocks and driftwood. Never had an issue. Has anyone actually introduced something off of found tank decor? Specifically what exactly are people afraid of introducing to their tank?
I believe people have indeed introduced things like snails and other pests from things collected from a RIVER... I would assume there are organisms that live in beach driftwood but I don't know if they could negatively affect your tank. But, I know from growing up in southern california that when you burn driftwood on the beach it can be pretty nasty stuff... Anyone know why that is? Tar?
Yeah indeed. I've seen tanks get smashed by introducing bogwood from local rivers here. People going off for a aus. bass fish and finding a nice bit of bogwood... bringing it back and introducing hookworm and the like.
But I assume anything able to grow in the high light and salinity of the beach is probably not going to fare well being dunked into a FW setup... but I would always rather boil with some salt then risk it....
I have just always tried to be careful I guess, it's better to be safe than sorry type of mantality. Hearing all of the stories from the SW guys about hitch hikers in live rock makes me worry about how much I don't know in the FW side I could be introducing to my tank.
ty everyone i will boil it with some salt for a few hours and let it cool down and set it in my tank, ty all for all advice, the reason i asked i found some small boulders i found at beach and i boiled them for a few hours and when i put them in my tank within a week i lost most of my fish so i didnt want to make same mistake thanks again everyone
Well, I can tell you a couple things. First, I have doubts anyone has actually studied what can be introduced into freshwater aquariums from DW in a capacity that makes it easy to find online. At best, I bet you could find scattered threads in the Internet of people who had problems with it.
Second, I'll tell you anything I collected wet from a river I'd be sure to treat. Dried up on a beach? No clue honestly, but there's no harm in treating like Justin pointed out.
Second, I'll tell you anything I collected wet from a river I'd be sure to treat. Dried up on a beach? No clue honestly, but there's no harm in treating like Justin pointed out.
No problem!
Be careful boiling large rocks (or even small ones)... it's not like it's super common (I've had them expand and crack before)... but they can explode.
