mopani wood

[eclecticoldsod]

One or two snails will take care of it – almost any species, but the zebra snail is drawn to bogwood like an iron filling to a magnet...

 

[irishspy]

I put several pieces of mopani in my brackish tank like 6 months ago.. it gets some sort of mold/fungus growing on it.. like globs of snot.. it builds up pretty good each week and i scrape it off before doing the water change..

I dealt with exactly the same thing last night, so I took the wood out and boiled and scrubbed it. Fingers crossed the fungus creature stays away. :lipssealedsmilie:

 

[chaibill]

what do you do if the mopani wood is too big to fit in a pot to boil it?

 

[irishspy]

Since mine was a long, relatively narrow piece, I boiled one half and then the other. :idea:

 

[Brackmyforte]

So... how did the wood ever turn out? I have always used the salt n' vinegar soak then boiling in freshwater. I have never had a problem... I think it works because the salt n' vinegar mixture is antibacterial/ antimicrobial and the boiling just further sterilizes....