i live in southern ohio on the ohio river, and our river is really dirty with high levels of mercury and i found a huge piece of driftwood that looks awesome, and i was wondering what all i had 2 do in order for it 2 b safe in the aquarium, this piece is around 48 inches long so i dunno how id boil or bake it
making driftwood
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mercury904;1905148; said:
me too.. even though im not a chemist or somthing, i doubt boiling the wood will take all the mercury off the driftwood..
You could put it in your bathtub, and dump boiled water in over ir. that should help. Not sure how to rid it of mercury though.
The mercury issue is not unique to the Ohio River. It occurs in all rivers. The issue arrises from mercury retention in tissues. This is compounded by "big fish eats smaller fish". The mercury stored in small fish is passed on to the larger fish and so on. The older the big fish, the more mercury it will have. By the time a fish is large enough for human consumption, it hasn't accumulated enough mercury for the fish to suffer from it. However, there is enough to warrant warnings about their consumption.
Wood does not experience this problem. Just for piece of mind, you can still soak it in tap water several times. A salt soak will kill any parasites that may be riding in the cracks and crevices.
Wood does not experience this problem. Just for piece of mind, you can still soak it in tap water several times. A salt soak will kill any parasites that may be riding in the cracks and crevices.
thanks man so soak it in salt water and regular water for a couple weeks and that will work? like table salt or any specific kind
dont use table salt. use the salt labled aquarium salt. (not the stuff to make saltwater either) zIts the salt that is used for freshwater aquariums... really cheap stuff