IanS
Fish Fanatic
With the bicarb, just add a little bit at a time. You can always add more if you need to, and it'll probably take some trial and error before you get to know how much you need for your tank.
For the wood, I bought mine online and it took about a week or two to stop discolouring the water and sink, but it depends on the individual piece of wood. Mine has lots of rooty bits so a high surface area to volume ratio. For the water, plain tap water will be fine, and just change it when it gets discoloured. When you do your big water change at the end of your cycle, keep the water to rinse the wood before adding it to your tank.
Thanks for info just got to find a big enough tub to soak the wood
Some more photo's
Couple of twigs i bought
Some more rocks I had bought from my LFS before i found the granite