About drift wood

[donnacona]

Is there any treatment to driftwood that can keep it from rotting and will not harm discus.
Thank you

[OC Discus]

I'd like to know that too.

[Skip]

Is there any treatment to driftwood that can keep it from rotting and will not harm discus.
Thank you

driftwood should not rot..

where did you get it.. ?
is it still green?

[donnacona]

From a lake where I camp and no it is not green it is quite old

[Len]

Any wood is going to rot. It's natural and won't harm the fish. Since it's from a lake. you should soak in in bleach or PP to make sure there aren't any nasties in it, or you can even bake it in the oven if it will fit. To answer your question though as it was posed - no you can't treat the wood with anything.

[bayouboy85]

boil it on and off for a few hours boil it for a couple hours change the water and repeat process and u will be good

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Are you seeing signs of rotting or are you seeing a possible fungus growth?

Sometimes pieces of wood will breakoff when cleaning.

[OC Discus]

I boiled a piece of Mopani wood three times for an hour each time and rinsed between each time. It continued to leech tannin after I put it in the tank. Is it possible to stop Mopani or other woods from leeching?

[OC Discus]

yes.. time

Skip,

Can you give approximate time for major types of wood for it to stop leeching?

[DiscusLoverJeff]

I have Mopani in one of my tanks. I took well over 3 months. If you keep up on your water changes, you will hardly know its there.

[adapted]

Mopani will leach tannins with the best of them. I've bought four pieces of it...I've cycled them through scalding baths in a Rubbermaid tub a dozen times and still it looks like someone dumped tea in the tank. But it's getting better, slowly. I think it's worth it... great looking wood.

[Len]

I like the look of the stained water. It will go away after awhile and like was already mentioned, frequent WCs will keep it fairly light if they're large enough.

[kkdiscus]

I hate it when the water changed to TEA colour. Love the clarity of the tank after each water change.

I did boil my driftwood for several hours before I first put it into the tank. It helps sinking the wood as well. I have just removed it yesterday though, as it traps too much nitrate underneath it, making cleaning hard.

[donnacona]

I hate it when the water changed to TEA colour. Love the clarity of the tank after each water change.

I did boil my driftwood for several hours before I first put it into the tank. It helps sinking the wood as well. I have just removed it yesterday though, as it traps too much nitrate underneath it, making cleaning hard.

I do not have any problems with water changing color but there is a small bit of what I think is algae it is a couple of fuzzy balls that keep coming back, I don't have any algae eaters in the tank but I will be putting three in the new 77 gal I'm setting up after their quarantine.
Also what about disinfecting small pieces in a microwave has anyone tried it, or do they explode.