Shaina

Good to hear -- sorry you had to go through all that first.

prairielilly

I'd think that particular piece was never properly dried out at all, still had some 'life' in it.

IIIHawKIII

well that same petco has some in one of their tanks and i can see little sap pustules forming on that piece as well.........maybe it was the piece i returned!?!? i need to take better note of that next time i'm in there. i didn't even think to look.

TedsTank

I'm glad they took it back.....they must have had a load of "green" wood. Of couse the stores don' know what is being sent. driftwood should start with aged wood, then you only deal with tannins which regular water changes take care of.....the worst comes out during boiling.

IIIHawKIII

yeah. my malaysian hardwood was a DREAM compared to the stuff i got.

juloea

taking on my third piece of mopani wood for new tank...first two i soaked for 5 days and boiled for a few hours twice with a water change in between. i got the white fuzzy slimy coating but it is getting better. not harmful or any big deal from my hours of research and will go away. also, i changed two of three filters to help carbon soak up tannin. it is worth it though...isn't it beautiful

jay95

The thing you have to do is leave it in the toilet water tank thing at the top for about a month or so..
This way the water is constantly getting changed.
Just said this so if someone else comes across this forum and they have the same problem, they will know what to do.

Lucy

This thread is pretty old.
Personally, I wouldn't put anything in the toilet tank that was going in my fish tank.
I realize this water is pretty clean, even if that water is supposed to be clean, but there's metal parts in there that rust..etc.
Also, the tannins could very well stain the porcelain of the toilet.

IIIHawKIII

And that assumes it would fit. And the stuff I had comin out was SAP. Water won't fix that, and I definitely don't want that in my toilet.