I really didn't know which section to post this in, but I'm hoping I can get some help on this. I wanted to add a few pieces of driftwood/branches that I can find in the brook behind my house and I was wondering the proper way of cleansing it as well as an easy way to submerge the driftwood/branches. I've been told that for outside rocks or stones you boil them for a a decent amount of time before adding them in any aquarium but I'm unsure if it's the same with branches. Any ideas?
Theres a couple ways, first scrub it with a good (never touched soap) brush.
Boil it if you can, I turn long pieces end to end so both ends get boiled.
Put them in the dishwasher (no soap of course) with 1/2 cup of bleach and the hotest cycle the machine has, then let it dry for 24 hours.
You can either weigh it down putting rocks on it. Tie it to a rock, or drill a hole in slate or ceramic tile & using a stainless screw, threw that & into the wood
Good luck & have fun
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