stump/log question
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http://www.fishkeeping.co.uk/articles_95/safe-rocks-safe-wood-aquarium-decor.htm
within this link! not sure how validated this is but enough to scare me
Not recommended by FK! Whatever the source, wood that is suitable for aquarium use must have first lost all of its greenwood and sap, which may take years and many types of locally found wood/sticks/brush wood are highly toxic indeed. LFS wood only.
within this link! not sure how validated this is but enough to scare me
Not recommended by FK! Whatever the source, wood that is suitable for aquarium use must have first lost all of its greenwood and sap, which may take years and many types of locally found wood/sticks/brush wood are highly toxic indeed. LFS wood only.
Justin I have read a lot of posts and some do it and some do not for reasons you are saying. .I have found a great piece of wood actually a stump with roots .It looks like it is 50 years old ,and to but something like this would probably be 100+ .. I am hoping for more people to respond . You and a couple others say no and others say yes with no issues . Makes it tough
kind of what i am thinking . I am trying to get some ideas on cleaning it . it will not fit in my oven and i can't boil it. thinking turning the temp up on my water hearted and soaking it in the tub
two questions, 1- why not just bleach it, dry, rinse and repeat? you probably wash filter parts with bleach don't you?
2- isn't this coming from cold water and you are moving it to tropical temps, different conditions?
I have 2 pieces of evergreen (pine or fir) wood that I pulled out of a lake and rinsed off, left it in the yard for a while and it froze. then I tossed it in my tank. I moved and brought the pieces to my new 210. damn stuff still floats after 3 years. I use a rock to hold one piece down and the other floats. all my pleco's chew the algae off and my water still get tannins after all this time. I think the worse part of the evergreen wood is the small pieces that came off and plug up my filter socks in my previous tank.
I'd do it again.
2- isn't this coming from cold water and you are moving it to tropical temps, different conditions?
I have 2 pieces of evergreen (pine or fir) wood that I pulled out of a lake and rinsed off, left it in the yard for a while and it froze. then I tossed it in my tank. I moved and brought the pieces to my new 210. damn stuff still floats after 3 years. I use a rock to hold one piece down and the other floats. all my pleco's chew the algae off and my water still get tannins after all this time. I think the worse part of the evergreen wood is the small pieces that came off and plug up my filter socks in my previous tank.
I'd do it again.
I don't us bleach on anything , not saying I wouldn't but I have no clue as to how to go about using bleach. I am not sure what type of wood the the stump is and I am sure it is not a pine. Like I said in my previous post I really want to use this stump, but I am a bit nervous. Is there a mixture for the bleach?
http://www.aspcapro.org/resource/sh...disease-management/bleach-dilution-calculator
I've never used a calculator like the one above, I just pour some into the bucket of water I'm soaking filter pads in and let sit over night. then I rinse out the pads and let them dry. at first I use to use a de-chlorinator product but found that it wasn't necessary. the chlorine will evaporate off
I found this calculator w/ google and if it's good enough to prevent disease spread between dogs in a shelter then it should be good enough to kill what ever is on a tree stump.
get all the dirt and bark off. find something you can soak the stump in, you'll need something to push and hold it under. bleach kills fast so you don't need to soak it for a long time. rinse it off with fresh water. then let it dry out and rinse it really good, I rinse my filter pads until I don't smell the bleach any more. if you're worried about the bleach then soak it in a de-chlorinator solution after you rinse it off the first time.
when I first put my pieces in I had a drip system set up and it kept the water quality high and would have diluted anything that leached out of the wood. if you have a similar system then good. if not then you'll need to do more water changes cause you'll get tons of tannins at first.
I've never used a calculator like the one above, I just pour some into the bucket of water I'm soaking filter pads in and let sit over night. then I rinse out the pads and let them dry. at first I use to use a de-chlorinator product but found that it wasn't necessary. the chlorine will evaporate off
I found this calculator w/ google and if it's good enough to prevent disease spread between dogs in a shelter then it should be good enough to kill what ever is on a tree stump.
get all the dirt and bark off. find something you can soak the stump in, you'll need something to push and hold it under. bleach kills fast so you don't need to soak it for a long time. rinse it off with fresh water. then let it dry out and rinse it really good, I rinse my filter pads until I don't smell the bleach any more. if you're worried about the bleach then soak it in a de-chlorinator solution after you rinse it off the first time.
when I first put my pieces in I had a drip system set up and it kept the water quality high and would have diluted anything that leached out of the wood. if you have a similar system then good. if not then you'll need to do more water changes cause you'll get tons of tannins at first.
bleach wont stop any sap inside that hasnt dried out tho! tannings on my bigish piece took well over a year to wash out... very frustrating 2 days after a big waterchange tanks yellow again, slowed down to a week till i fitted my drip system a month or two ago, waters always good now!-)
