New Monster Driftwood

[Gage Zamrzla]

So it's more for community fish in the future but I got a pretty cool piece of wood today at a lfs. I threw it in a bath tub and a surprising amount of tannins were released.


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[Gage Zamrzla]

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[Arowana718]

Find a way to boil it. I have a nice wood log cave. No matter how much I boil it, tannin will still keep on coming out

 

[Leptoe]

Your gonna have to soak for a few weeks or boil it.

 

[Fat Homer]

I've had large-ish pieces of driftwood take months before they stopped leeching tannins...


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[Kyle_91]

I've had large-ish pieces of driftwood take months before they stopped leeching tannins...


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It definatley takes awhile the bigger/thicker the piece to soak. Personally I like the tannins the wood releases into the tank. It's not harmful to the fish; actually depending on the species it might even make the certain species of fish spawn...

 

[ecoli73]

My tankful of manzanita took about 5 month...I don't mind myself by if you don't like the color, presoaking highly recommended.


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[Fat Homer]

My tankful of manzanita took about 5 month...I don't mind myself by if you don't like the color, presoaking highly recommended.


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Agreed... In warm water if possible since it will help leech a little faster...


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[Kyle_91]

To the OP...
Do you have a photo of this driftwood?

 

[Pbass265]

I soaked my first piece in a bucket of warm water that I changed a few times a day for a week. That got the majority of the tannis out but it was only a midsize piece that started out in a 55 gal. The tank was unheated which may have helped me though.