Is it OK to use driftwood from a beach in a fresh water aquarium?

[Frank Middleton]

Is it OK to use driftwood from a beach in a fresh water aquarium? Of course
I would soak and rinse any collected driftwood before using it. Thanks.
Frank

[CanadianCray]

Sure as long as you clean it prop. No problem.

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"Frank Middleton" > wrote in message
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> Is it OK to use driftwood from a beach in a fresh water aquarium? Of
course
> I would soak and rinse any collected driftwood before using it. Thanks.
> Frank
>
>

[Adam Gottschalk]

In article >,
"CanadianCray" > wrote:

> Sure as long as you clean it prop. No problem.
>
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> Craig Williams
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> "Frank Middleton" > wrote in message
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> > Is it OK to use driftwood from a beach in a fresh water aquarium? Of
> course
> > I would soak and rinse any collected driftwood before using it. Thanks.
> > Frank
> >
> >

I got some bogwood from my LFS. It's been soaking for two months now.
I've changed the water 3 or 4 times, and it's only just getting to the
point where it doesn't leach anymore tannins. They say a month or
boiling. I guess after that period if you put it into a running filtered
aquarium, maybe the tannins would leach faster, but I just haven't had a
chance to set up my other tank yet anyway. I decided rather than buying
a bigger pot just for the purpose, and possibly ruining it, to go the
soaking route. With driftwood, I would bet it's got salts embedded
pretty deep, so you might do a fair bit of water testing after it's been
in your tank for a couple of weeks, just to be sure of course.

[NetMax]

"Frank Middleton" > wrote in message
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> Is it OK to use driftwood from a beach in a fresh water aquarium? Of
course
> I would soak and rinse any collected driftwood before using it.
Thanks.
> Frank

Yes and no and depends. Freshwater or sal****er beach? Dried out wood
is always safer than wet. Don't soak rinse in anything which will be
difficult to remove (like bleach). More details here:
http://www.2cah.com/netmax/basics/driftwood/driftwood.shtml
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