Re: [AGA Member] Help

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

With the African, I find that about 30 minutes, change the
a water, do 30 minutes more is usually enough.

In boiling water the wood will keep leeching but after a
couple of boils, it stops discoloring normal temp water.

Give the wood plenty of time to cool off internally before
returning it to your aquarium.  Soaking or rinsing in cool
water will cool it down quicker than air cooling.

Scott H.
--- Donna McGraw <donnamcg@swbell.net> wrote:
> Steve, do you have a suggestion as to how long I boil
> each section -
> assuming I can find a pan large enough?
> 
> Thanks
> Donna
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Help
> 
> 
> > Have tyou tried boiling it part at a time. Stich
> however
> > much fits into the pot and boil for 15-20 minutes,
> repeat.
> > the turn to another end and do it again.  You might not
> get
> > the whole thing this way, depending on shape, but each
> part
> > you get will not leech tanin and that will help overall
> > reduce the problem for you.
> >
> >
> > Some folks have success running a half dozen times
> through
> > the dishwasher -- no detergent, of course.
> >
> > Scott H.
> > --- Donna McGraw <donnamcg@swbell.net> wrote:
> > > I wrote back in April about setting up a new 46 gal
> tank
> > > after I got back
> > > from Belize.  Well, I got back and after
> recouperating
> > > from the trip got
> > > started on that tank.  I put a piece of driftwood
> fresh
> > > from the LFS into
> > > the tank and got started on the landscaping.  The
> > > driftwood is still
> > > leaching tannin after all this time.  After several
> > > complete water changes,
> > > I went back to the LFS and they suggested I boil the
> > > offending driftwood.  I
> > > do not have a pan large enough for the shape of this
> item
> > > so they suggested
> > > I put in in the bathtub and run hot water over it. 
> Well,
> > > I put it in a
> > > rubbermaid container instead with the hotest water I
> > > could safely add and
> > > have tried to keep it pretty hot, at least in the
> > > daytime,  for the past
> > > week - it's still turning the water brown.  Is there
> any
> > > fix for this or
> > > should I through it away and start again?  As it was
> > > pretty expensive for a
> > > piece of wood, I'd rather try to save it?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Donna McGraw
> > > Newbie of the Year!
> 
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