driftwood cleaning?

[jasonmcgilvrey83]

I went to the beach for a couple days and found some driftwood that would make a nice edition to my bp tanks. Any idea on how to treat them so I can put them in with my bps without my bps catching a parasite?

[Mike41793]

3skulls will be able to help you more... But, i'd say soaking in a diluted bleach solution, then soaking in water, then baking would be sufficient.

[Kodieh]

Bake it! At 350 for about 10 minutes. Bleach waters good too, and boiling for a bit does too. All three together work well.

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[jasonmcgilvrey83]

Thanks. I got a lot of it so I can mess around with it to see what looks best and. My boys can climb if wanted lol.

[Tigerhawk]

I have boiled drift wood as well as,bleached it in the past. Both methods have worked very well for me. I lean more toward boiling the wood,as it is chemical free which is a good thing. As you will not have to deal with a bleached odor on the wood.

[txcoker]

Here is how I treat the driftwood I use.

Pressure wash it really well, and make sure you get all the cracks.
I then spray it with a diluted bleach solution, and let it sit in the sun for a few hours.
Then I will rinse off again.
I will then start the drying process, either by baking, letting it set outside in direct sunlight as long as possible. I have even set pieces on our a/c unit while the fan was running, you would be surprised how well that worked.

[jasonmcgilvrey83]

Most pieces are to big to boil. Lol. Here's a picking of what I got.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/...ps95c22192.jpg

[Centexsnakes]

Nothing to add, just wanted to say nice pickups!! Those will go great in tanks!

[MootWorm]

Nice! I love driftwood. I went a bit overkill on mine, I soaked it in a bleach solution for a day, them soaked it in fresh water for two days after, changing out the water every 8ish hours so the bleach could leach out.

[kitedemon]

The first step most missed a stiff brush and soap get it as clean as you can.

Soak in bleach 1 part to 10 parts at 25ºC for 45 min - one hour.

Rinse well and soak in detergent (not soap) mixed with hot water at least 15 min.

Rinse well.

Allow to dry in open (not behind a window) sun. Bleach is broken down in sunlight fairly quickly.