cleaning XL driftwood in dishwasher??

[eddiebait]

I have cooked fish in the dishwasher like the above link describes. Some fish fillets, a little butter and lemon, and whatever seasoning-- double wrapped in aluminum foil sent through on the regular cycle. It's been many years ago but I recall it always turned out real good. Back to the original question, I think a couple cycles in the dishwasher would work for your driftwood.

 

[WaterBug]

ROTFL. thanks guys! I think once I trim the piece down, I'll try the dishwasher method and possibly power wash it. then soak in tub followed by last round in dishwasher. I know it will need to soak for a while since the bay it came from is rather brackish (Chesapeake). When i get it in my tank, I'll be sure to post pics.

 

[Scuppers]

I just did a 48" long piece of rootstock. Pressure washed it, scrubbed it and put it soaking in my bath for about maybe 6 weeks (weighted down) Took it out each week and scrubbed it down again.

Put it in the tank, tied down with fishing line, and it's been there three weeks now. Tank cycled in 17 days and I had a short burst of white bloom and then diatoms but a dozen Otos cleaned up the wood and everything came together well.

Personnaly I would use no cleaning agents what-so-ever. I even neutralized the bath water at each soaking.

Nice chunk of wood by the way.....good luck.

 

[Nolapete]

its a dry peice of wood. there is nothing in there that is going to hurt your fish.

don't use bleach. the bleach/water solution will be hard to rinse out of all the fissues in the wood- which could leach back out into your tank.

don't use soap - same as above.

just rinse it with some water and put it in your tank.

if you are concerned about tannis, then you need to soak it in a vessel with water first.

otherwise, just give it a rinse to get dirt off and put it in your tank.

Just because it's a dry piece of wood doesn't mean there's no bacteria, germs, or other contaminants on it. Rinsing it with JUST water will not take care of any potential problems. Boiling water generally will kill most undesirables on it.

It doesn't take a lot of bleach to do the job, so it's easily washed away after. One teaspoon of bleach should be added to one gallon of water. This will kill 100% of germs. Adding more won't kill more germs obviously and can be a health hazard.

 

[WaterBug]

Just because it's a dry piece of wood doesn't mean there's no bacteria, germs, or other contaminants on it. Rinsing it with JUST water will not take care of any potential problems. Boiling water generally will kill most undesirables on it.

Agreed. Particularly because the parts of the Chesapeake are GROSS. ie- don't swim in it or you may get herpes :uhoh: