Prepping fresh cut wood for fish tank

[Hybridfish7]

so i was cutting some extra branches off of the tree in the front yard today, and thought "hey this piece would look good in a fish tank"
and so now we're here
what would i have to go through to prep it for a tank? i know the whole process of waterlogging and getting bark off of it, but then how do i get bark off of it, and is there anything else to know if it's already pretty dry hardwood?
the tree was some type of deciduous tree, i'll try and get an ID on it tomorrow, all i know is it doesn't look like any of the ones deemed unsafe for driftwood

 

[fishhead0103666]

You could try what I’m doing which is chucking it into a body of water where it can’t escape and waiting it out then putting it into a tank with a guppy or something.

Also picture?

 

[Zanzag]

To be honest any driftwood Ive gotten is pretty fresh cut I prefer to let it sit out for a few months( or I store it in my shed all summer gets 120+ easily so dries quickly)
But I scrape what bark I can off and into water it goes. Rocks keep it down until it sinks but no issues as of yet. I do stick with oak, sycamore, and apple for wood choices though.
The stunp is some shrub that came out of my in-laws pond

 

[duanes]

When I found fresh wood I wanted to use, because water logging can be a long process just to get in to stay sunk, I usually put the log in my rain barrel and let it soak all fall, and thru the winter, letting the rain water constantly change and wash out any resins, or excess tannins (if I didn't want them in certain tanks). and the freeze thawing (when in Wisconsin), "usually" forced the bark off, over that time, or makes iy easy to pull off.
I know....seems like a long time.

I would sometimes use 4-6 ft thick pieces

 

[Hybridfish7]

Late reply but just found out the tree in the front is a dogwood.