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01-Oct-07, 10:24 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Melbourne Gender:  | | |  Is this Driftwood safe.
I tried preparing my own driftwood but want to make sure its safe before i use it because i have no idea. I stripped it of nearly all bark and soaked it in a strong solution of a biodegradable cleaning chemical for a few hours. I then soaked it for an hour in fresh water. changed that water into a fresh lot overnight. Its now had about 3 or four water changes and been scrubbed with a brush. Do you think its safe to use.
Thanks 
Shannon.
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01-Oct-07, 10:27 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane, Toowong Age/Gender: 20 | | | |
Nope not safe. Send it to me for um... firewood..?
Hahaha no it sounds safe, and where did you get it?
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01-Oct-07, 10:30 PM
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One piece came from a freshly fallen tree. next to no holes. another was quite dry from near a river and had a few holes in it. but i doubt any mites can withstand 3 hours of 10:1 parts industrial cleaner. correct me if im wrong. I dont think anything in it could still be alive but i just dont want to poison my EWD im getting lol.
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01-Oct-07, 10:32 PM
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I just assume that if its biodegradable a few days of soaking in several water changes will make it safe.
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01-Oct-07, 10:35 PM
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What do other ppl do to treat their driftwood.
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01-Oct-07, 10:39 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: nowra/nsw Age/Gender: 26 | | | |
Its fine i do the same thing and use it in my fish tanks and reptiles tanks.
I soak it for 2weeks then dry it then soak it ect,takes a while but cheaper that way.
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01-Oct-07, 10:41 PM
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Go easy on the cleaner i dont use any chemicals,think the drying and soaking kills off everything
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01-Oct-07, 10:42 PM
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Thanks brettix. Now i can save many dollars.  |
01-Oct-07, 10:43 PM
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Yeah about the chemicals. Should i ditch this batch then do you think. I used a pretty strong solution.
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01-Oct-07, 10:54 PM
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Provided the stuff you cleaned it with isnt to nasty it will be fine. Soaking it for a bit longer wouldnt hurt just for piece of mind.
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01-Oct-07, 11:39 PM
|  | Josh! Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Bulli, N.S.W Age/Gender: 24 | | | |
Next time just soak it in hot/boiling water. No little nasty will survive that. just fill the bath up with pure hot water and let it soak for a few hours. Leave it out in the sun to dry and repeat the process. Then if you are still worried give it a dosing with TOD. Using this method will kill off any possible nasties living inside it.
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