mass preparing manzanita

[BHead707]

My father and i were discussing this over thanksgiving. We live in an area that has a TON of Manzanita. We have two creeks that run on our property and were thinking of burying a 500 gallon water tank(not exact size but will suffice for description) in one and sink a ton of manzanita in there for the whole winter. This wood would be gotten from plants that are currently living. would this be enough time for the wood to leach a decent amount of tannins and be ready for the aquarium?
Thanks in advance
-Brandon

 

[aqua_chem]

You need to do periodic water changes. Try and rig it up so that there is some sort of a drainage pipe in the tank bottom so you can easily change it all.

 

[BHead707]

You need to do periodic water changes. Try and rig it up so that there is some sort of a drainage pipe in the tank bottom so you can easily change it all.

we would do it in a way where it would constantly be flowing in and out of the tank. ultimately always being pretty fresh water