Drift Wood

[beanyboy1982]

how long do you have 2 soak it 4 b4 adding it 2 ur tank ?

 

[bobbicus]

i boil mine for a good hour first - then just leave in a bucket of de-chlorinated water overnight - then put in my tank............still some tannins come leech out but carbon removes this

hth's?

 

[beanyboy1982]

ive soaked my now for a week will it be ok 2 put in the tank its not bog wood its the other 1 that is light an dark starts with a m cant remenber it now

 

[bobbicus]

mopani?

think a week will be sufficient hehe

 

[beanyboy1982]

wel i aint realy had that much stuff come off it like when i had my bogwood so u thingk it will be ok now ?

 

[bobbicus]

yea i would say so

wood is also soaked so it becomes water logged = sinks, not just in trying to remove the majority of the tannins

rob

 

[alexdallimore]

All wood tends to be slightly different in amount of time due to shape etc etc. Best thing is to leave it in a bucket until the tanning stops. I've soaked bogwood for a month before tanning is all out. Remember fish keeping isn't a rush thing.