Re: [AGA Member] Help

["Donna McGraw" <donnamcg@swbell.net>]

Thanks, Scott, I don't know what kind of wood I have but I'll give it a try.
Sorry about getting your name wrong - I had just been at Steve's website
looking at the articles on setting up aquariums with soil substrates and got
a bit confused  ;-).
Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Help


> 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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