Wet Driftwood from Fish store

[lightsout]

I bought soaked driftwood from a fish store. Should i let it dry before putting it in my tank? Kinda worried about diseases

Or is it safe to add it in?

 

[Angelphish]

I would add it in just because I'm inpatient. I already have medicine, but you may not. Whatever works best for you.

 

[ECW]

Boil it or dry it out. Or at the very least turn your tap water to full hot and rinse it very well. Is it worth dealing with diseases?

 

[lightsout]

Yeah. Im impatient too lol.

What i did was pressure wash it with a garden hose.

 

[jamntoast]

What ever floats your boat, I would have boiled it if possible it would defeat the purpose of buying it wet if you were to dry it out to kill any bacteria.

 

[SantaMonica]

Interesting that diseases are of such possibility from a store. Drying the wood kills all the life in/on it, so it takes a while for it to function again as filtration.

 

[Sanman]

I just bought pieces from lfs that were in his store show tanks to help seed my tank

 

[Red Aimara]

Dried mine in the hot tropical sun before putting it inside.

 

[jwh]

You can also let it soak in a strong salt water solution, or a chlorine solution, (make sure you rinse it ver well with dechlorinated water before adding to tank), that will kill most nasties and snails, clean it with a pressure cleaner.

 

[Chillz23]

Put it in a big pot and boil it for a few hours.