Is My Driftwood preparation complete

Hi everybody,

I bough a piece of New Zealand Exotic Driftwood a small labeled by lfs, my first piec of driftwood and got it for cheap, only 10$ normally driftwood for me is around 20-30$

I have boiled it 4 times for about 1-2 hours each time
I have soaked it in water for about 15 hours

It is releasing a very very small amount of tannins but is takes a long time of being in water for it to start making any slight colour difference,

Below are some photos of my wood in a pot of cool water before I put in my tank,

Do you think I have done enough prep before it goes in tank or should I boil/soak more? I ddon't not want tannins to leak into tank and turn to a black water tank

Sorry hard to see it because it is water logged and colour is dark

 

If you dont want tannins dark wood is something you want to stay away from. Some can leech for years.

 

Thanks, I don't mind a bit of colour in n the water but I don't want it dark like a Blackwater tank,

do you think I've done a normal preparation or would you Do more/less

 

The only thing you can do is try it in the tank. You will like it or nah. Prep is waaaaay over anything I would have done.

 

Oh, that's some relief I'll give it a go, if the tannins become to dark I'll just do a water change, thanks for your help

Stargirl

 

The only prep I have done is soak it in water till it sinks. By then it is clean enough and I drop it in. I must tell you I hate Mopani wood. It will turn your tank VERY brown.