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DIY driftwood requires time, but it will conserve you tons of money. Some tiny pieces expense well more than $20. Also, the soak technique (minus salt) will function for shop purchased driftwood. Store bought driftwood is cleaned and has not been soaked. This may lead to tannins getting leaked into your tank

What youll need:

Driftwood, which can be found anywhere. It does not necessarily have to come from the water. You could find it in the woods, as long as it is weathered down and looks distinctive. Also make certain the wood is not rotting.

Large soaking container, I use a 15 gal rubber maid container.

Aquarium Salt, I use Doc Wellfish brand. This is used as a natural way of killing bacteria and parasites.

1st step, clean off your wood! Make confident all debris and bark are removed from the wood (or itll fall off in your tank!). As soon as comprehensive, boil the water in the Large pot and add aquarium salt. I use about a tablespoon per gallon. Boil the entire piece for about 2-four hours based on your size. If you can only fit half the wood in the pot then you will want to boil the other half.

As soon as the boil is comprehensive you can transfer your wood into the rubber maid container. Add water until the complete piece of wood is under water (you can also add salt if you want). If the wood does not sink place anything on top rated of it until it does. Itll sink right after a week or two. Youll discover the water turn into tea-ish color. It is the result of the tannins that are released into the water. If you didnt soak the wood, the water in your tank would be this color. Tannins are organic and some fishes actually like it since itll make them feel much more at house. Itll also influence your PH, Im not certain about GH or KH. Youll require to do water adjustments each other day to clean the water. This may possibly take weeks or months.

When the color of the soak water suffices, you will want to soak your wood for one more week with no any salt. This will make positive that the wood does not hold any salt that may leak into your tank.

As soon as soaking is full wash the wood effectively and transfers the wood into your tank. Do not preserve the wood out of water for a long time or it will float.

For a lot more information and pictures about this project, please check out www.CarolinaFishTalk.com and check the DIY section.

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