Great information guys, I really appreciate it. I've had a blank tank for a while and it's starting to drive me nuts.
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I highly recommend AGAINST the use of bleach it'll soak into the wood. I'd be far morw worried about the bleach remaining in the wood then anything out of the wild!
I collect most of my wood from Salt water beaches, it's naturally bleached clean, might give it a scrub with hot water to remove any dirt/sand in the cracks but that's it. I've also taken it from lakes, bogs, even large dead hardwoods from time to time. As long as there is no green material left in it (ie. nothing live) or bark on it most wood works well. Clean away any rotted spot spots/dry rot and you should be good to go.
Boiling does help with tannins and often speeds up the sinking process, I often cant boil my huge pieces but a large drum and a few pots on the stove works. I'll poor the boiling water over the wood until it's covered, the waters not boiling in drum, but it still makes a very dark tea , and speeds the process along significantly.
hope that helps
If your worried about transferring something into the tank, use boiling water, salt water, or bake the wood.
I collect most of my wood from Salt water beaches, it's naturally bleached clean, might give it a scrub with hot water to remove any dirt/sand in the cracks but that's it. I've also taken it from lakes, bogs, even large dead hardwoods from time to time. As long as there is no green material left in it (ie. nothing live) or bark on it most wood works well. Clean away any rotted spot spots/dry rot and you should be good to go.
Boiling does help with tannins and often speeds up the sinking process, I often cant boil my huge pieces but a large drum and a few pots on the stove works. I'll poor the boiling water over the wood until it's covered, the waters not boiling in drum, but it still makes a very dark tea , and speeds the process along significantly.
hope that helps
If your worried about transferring something into the tank, use boiling water, salt water, or bake the wood.
No unfortunately I'm in Idaho, so no ocean access. Although, I do have a couple of places to look for some good pieces. I think I have a pretty good idea of how I want to tie down the wood, but I worry about the leeching. Will the leeched tannins effect water quality? Also, after I've soaked the wood, should I just continue to do regular water changes?
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Yeah, I see that you're from Idaho, so I was just joking
Tannins is safe. People just don't care for the yellow/brownish tint of the water. I've heard that Seachem Purigen helps with the tannins
Oh haha. Yeah, I used to live in Cali but Idaho is a little cheaper. I do miss the ocean though. Great I will certainly take note of all this information. I found a few large pieces through eBay so I will be getting some soon!
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i bought mine from http://www.manzanita-driftwood.com/
it worked out to be like $75 for a really nice piece big enough to fill a 90 gallon.
I didn't want to go local due to the bugs / diseases, and also most types of trees will rot under water (manzanita and malaysian drfitwood are the main aquarium woods since they don't rot and sink pretty quickly).
it worked out to be like $75 for a really nice piece big enough to fill a 90 gallon.
I didn't want to go local due to the bugs / diseases, and also most types of trees will rot under water (manzanita and malaysian drfitwood are the main aquarium woods since they don't rot and sink pretty quickly).
Yeah I did check them out. I just couldn't find one that was large enough. They do have some great options though.
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