Just purchased a piece of drift wood 2nd hand- nice big bit only 20 bucks!

Anyway, was supposed to be wet, but was dry. So put it in a chilly bin of hot water. Sunk no problem but the water went yellow Must be still leaching tannins (?)

Any tips on speeding up the process? Does hot water make any difference? Do you need to keep changing the water? Should i just throw it outside in the rubbish bin full of water and leave it for a couple of weeks?

Oh and i dont have a pot THAT big!! :-?

When I bought my driftwood, I put a big pot on the stove, filled the pot with water, brought it to boiling temperature and boiled the wood for 1 hour. My water never went coloured when I put it into my tank.

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I must have hundreds of dollars worth in my bath outside. Hokitika beach is a great place to find already waterlogged native hardwood (a bit far for you to go I realise).

Easiest to try is leaving it in a tub for a few weeks. Change the water every few days so you can tell if it has stopped leaching. Some do so quite quickly and others never stop. Perhaps that's why it was for sale - it wouldn't stop?

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Hokitika beach is a great place to find already waterlogged native hardwood (a bit far for you to go I realise).

If only i could have got into fish when we visited my Gran in Greymouth!

I hope it stops! It looks quite nice, and got a couple of good looking cracks for sticking plants in.

Cheers Caryl

Or just put it into your tank as it is. Many fish like a bit of tannin in the water and it's basically harmless. I kinda like the look.

Are you able to boil one end at a time?

I agree with Ira, along with some huge bushy over growing plants, gives it a wild amazon theme

Shae

you can get a little bag that you put into the filter and it removes the tannin from the water, clears it up really well. can't remember what it is called though! can find out, but a pet shop should know.

would be far easier than boiling it and soaking it for months!

plecs

Activated carbon will clear it up if you're worried about it.

you can get a little bag that you put into the filter and it removes the tannin from the water, clears it up really well.plecs

This one is called Bio-Chem Zorb.

thats the one!

Bio-Chem Zorb is what most shops use to keep there display tanks (with wood in) clear of tannin!

i use it at home and find it great !! it works in a few hours and your tank will never have looked better