Do I need to boil driftwood

It smelled just like the store probably because it had been there for a while or something, you know how smells can attach to clothes, wooden chests etc.
It smelled fine after nice and earthy definately not a stinky wood.
 
It wouldn't really hurt to boil the driftwood, but from my experience buying several pieces at petco its not really necessary. Some pieces I've boiled, others I have not, and I've never had a problem with any of them.

One thing I've heard is that boiling driftwood shortens its effective lifetime in your tank. I can't confirm this, but I believe I read it here in another post.
 
Here is the driftwood I collected. It was scrubbed with bleach, power washed, and the put in the tank with dechlor.
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Wow that's amazing like antlers! I love your fish!! What size tank is that?
What is the looong fish?

My wood had a label that says it was cleaned to remove extraneous material! and is ensured to be safe for aquariums but that it will give off tannins.
 
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Gosh that's a big tank I am pretty terrified of the hugeness of my 55 gallon haha.
I love seeing the big fish at my LFS they have a fish that is similar in color and length to yours but it has more of a rounded lower mouth I am not sure what it is but it's beautiful to see them in the nice big tanks that's for sure.
 
Id at least soak it in bleach then hot water let it sit awhile.
I wouldnt consider a piece of wood safer just cause it came from a store,Id probably be more worried about it.
 
no need for bleach - if done improperly it'll kill everything in the tank.
 
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