Driftwood

[QuakingAspen]

What preparations do you need to do to driftwood for it to be able to go into a tank. I want a piece for my 25 gallon for my clown pleco, and I can acquire a ton of driftwood because my family has a house on the lake, just want to know how to prepare it.

 

[lilme]

boil it for a few hours and let it set in water if you do not want tannis aka tea water also called black water
it may take weeks

 

[ImACoolguy]

If your fingernail can be pressed into the wood it will rot.

Boil it for at least an hour to get any junk out of it.

Soak in a bucket for a while if you don't want a bunch of tannins. This may or may not happen with lake wood. I took a piece from my lake and got 0 tannins.

Sometimes you will get a buildup of white stuff on it. This is harmless just keep scrubbing it off it will go away.


Caleb

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[candymancan]

Buy a bag of purigen for $10... who has patience to BOIL and soak wood for weeks ?? lol Plus I have had a my driftwood in my 55g for 2 years and it still leaches... So weeks is bar far way off if you ask me.... Not worth the effort when purigen removes all tannins in a day


I found a great stump with roots on the reservoir where I live.. I only boiled mine for like an hour simply to kill any parasites and stuff in the wood. Get a solid piece of old wood.. if you get one that's soft then itll just keep rotting