Re: Curing driftwood, help me.

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: I've been thinking about the process, and the sizes of wood I would like to cure. Some pieces might be as as long as 4 feet lon with a 1 foot diamter. I have one pieve that is a horshshoe shape that is probabably 1 foot by 3 feet by 3 feet. : How would I boil the water? I'd have to do it by campfire in a custom container. Woul the first method I metnioned actually work? If so, I could just use a 55 gallon garbage can. : As a note, I hope to do a 100+ gallon freshwater tank with a VERY large piece of driftwood that is 4 feet long. Maybe a chiclid/tetra tank. This is years off, but the preperatin of large pieces of driftwood can start now. : Thanks again, : Karl : : : I've done some looking on the internet on how to cure driftwood. I've had limited success. : : I was wondering if anyone here has cured driftwood before and what procedure they used. : : I plan on getting the driftwood from a freshwater lake (in the Adirondacs) and using it in a freshwater tank. : : Also, If I cure the wood now, can I put it in storage for 5 years and use it then, or do I have to re-cure it? : : One procedure I found is the following: : : 1. Scrub driftwood with a stiff brush and rinse thoroughly. : : 2. Scrub driftwood a second time with non iodized salt. : : 3. Fill a 10 gallon non-metallic container with water and add a 1 lb. box of baking soda. Stir until thoroughly dissolved. : : 4. Add driftwood and tie rocks around to make it sink. : : 5. Let soak for about two weeks, remove and repeat steps 1 and 3. : : (Note - you may need to change water during the two weeks) : : I've heard that boiling the driftwood in water was a step, but it is ommited here. Is boiling a quicker way to do it? I heard that boiling hte driftwood three times was the way to go. : : Anyways, any advice is appreciated. : : Thanks, : : Karl

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