faizal
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Hi,...
I would really appreciate it if someone could be kind enough to clear these annoyingly silly questions .
I recentely bought a few supposedly ADA Driftwoods from a local LFS here. It had sunk to the bottom but the more I scrub washed it under running tap water,...the more a brownish sort of stuff came out from the wood which I had thought was the tannin excreted by the new wood. What I did next was I left it soaking in a bucket of water for a day,...& this evening the bucket of water turned dark brown like tea without milk. I am quite sure this is tannin.
1) How long should one usually soak the driftwood prior to use?
2) Would boiling the wood help to leech it out faster? If so,...how long should we boil it for please?
When I left the wood in that bucket for a day,....I noticed a greenish slimy sort of gunk present in the water. I did not leave it under the sun ( the bucket was in my room with hardly any ambient light as the curtains had been drawn closed). What could this be? I don't want to put a unprepped wood into the tank & risk facing what could have been avoidable.
Love to hear your thoughts please.
I would really appreciate it if someone could be kind enough to clear these annoyingly silly questions .
I recentely bought a few supposedly ADA Driftwoods from a local LFS here. It had sunk to the bottom but the more I scrub washed it under running tap water,...the more a brownish sort of stuff came out from the wood which I had thought was the tannin excreted by the new wood. What I did next was I left it soaking in a bucket of water for a day,...& this evening the bucket of water turned dark brown like tea without milk. I am quite sure this is tannin.
1) How long should one usually soak the driftwood prior to use?
2) Would boiling the wood help to leech it out faster? If so,...how long should we boil it for please?
When I left the wood in that bucket for a day,....I noticed a greenish slimy sort of gunk present in the water. I did not leave it under the sun ( the bucket was in my room with hardly any ambient light as the curtains had been drawn closed). What could this be? I don't want to put a unprepped wood into the tank & risk facing what could have been avoidable.
Love to hear your thoughts please.