Driftwood Prep

[jaybuc]

I have an old piece of driftwood that I am wanting to use in my future discus tank. How long should I soak the wood before putting in the tank? Any other things to do to driftwood?

Thanks

[Fishpimpin73]

BOIL BOIL BOIL!!

My personal preference is to bucket the wood, then fill the bucket with boiled water.

Let sit 24 hours, drain and repeat.

I usually do this at LEAST twice depending on where I got the wood and what type it is.

HTH

[flukes]

If you have used it before than once or twice should do.. Also depends how much of the tannis you want too take out of the wood..

[WrxAnt]

Guys,

Does anyone have any suggestions for good places to pickup driftwood in Melbourne?

I'm looking for a centre piece of driftwood for a 6'x2'x2'

Cheers
Ant

[Aurora]

Have you tried Mentone Aquarium? I think they have quite a lot of driftwood of all sizes.

[flukes]

yeah mentone or amazing amazon has some larger bits but fetch a nice price tag too...