Soaking Spider Wood

[BarryH]

Setting up a spare tank and first time using wood (Redmoor Root). I appreciate the wood needs to be submerged for sometime to make it waterlogged but I'm not sure if I can soak the wood in plain tap water, rainwater or if I need to add something like Seachem Prime to the water to remove the chlorine?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[zozo]

Chlorine is actualy a gass form, it should be gone from the water if left standing a periode of time.. usualy 24 hours should be enough, if you aerate it with an air stone than sooner. But if you have rainwater than why not use that.. You can also weigh them down in the aqaurium and just wait till they are logged, in my experience it's a mater of a few days and some pieces within a few hours. Than perform extra water changes if you dislike the stained water coloration.

 

[tam]

Some of the UK has chloramine added too which doesn't gas off - your water report will say. In that case doesn't hurt to add some prime but I wouldn't have thought it would be a big issue. Reusing some old tank water from a water change would work too.

 

[sparkyweasel]

Oops, ninjaed
Chlorine is not a problem, it will gas off. Treat your tapwater if there's anything nastier in it, chloramine, pesticides or whatever. Rainwater is fine if you've got plenty.

 

[BarryH]

Thanks for the replies and all the help. Really appreciated.

 

[Edvet]

You have a pond?

 

[BarryH]

You have a pond?

No, I only wish I did. It looks like I'll be using a very large rubbish bin for the soaking.

 

[Harry H]

Thats exactly what I did with mine. Filled up with tap water, let it sit for couple of days, then put the wood in, added couple of heavy stones to weigh them down and stuck it in garage for a week. Not too sure when they stop floating but Sunday to Sunday did the trick for 50cm Redmoor root