hi just looking at all sits just reading this one even if bobwood is in tanks in fish shop should you still boil should tell you in shop if yiu are a noviousParasites can live in wood that why you have to use boiling water.
hi just looking at all sits just reading this one even if bobwood is in tanks in fish shop should you still boil should tell you in shop if yiu are a noviousParasites can live in wood that why you have to use boiling water.
me neither. poured it over the wood, after a short soak. even the link provided by wilder says nothing about boiling it, simply pouring boiling water over it. i cant see that killing stuff inside the wood. indeed there may be an argument to say, boiling/cooking, could start the breakdown of the wood, potentially starting the rot. i totally agree with the link, however that was not the advice given in this thread.Um...lol, did you ask what KIND of wood she used? Was it even SAFE for aquarium/fish use? Hahaha if she used something stupid like cedar who knows...
I never have steralized any of my wood If I buy a peice, it's for use in my tank, not to sit in a bucket for 2 months. Give it a rinse (I never have yet) and plop it in, make sure you have up to par filtration and keep up tank maintenance you'll be fine. Buying it from a place you know gets good wood helps too, I've only bought it from my work so I know it's fine.
c. Parasites. I have not witnessed any such problems and always sterilise bogwood prior to use, by pouring boiling water over it.
You have to steralise bogwood and soak it for two days mainly to kill the parasites and remove toxins.
Parasites can live in wood that why you have to use boiling water.
i think the point being made is you don't! you soak it if it floats, or just put it in the tank after a good wash.sorry for hijacking the tread but since you are all talking about sterilization of bogwood...
How would you sterilize bogwoods that have plants attached to them? (tropica) You can't pour boiling water over them...
I didn't sterilize it - I just put it in the tank...
Exactly what parasites that will wipe out a tank live in bog wood? (Remembering that bogwood is petrified wood that has sat at the bottom of a bog for a large number of years.)