We bought the house we're living in almost three years ago now. I initially found an old piece of driftwood that had been tossed out front, which I threw in the trash because it was gross, and also we didn't have fish at the time.
fast forward to now, I needed some rocks for my current aquarium (we've had it for over a year now), and I remembered about that driftwood from before, so I went out front and dug around under bushes in hopes to find anything else and surely enough, this came up!!
Anyway, so far, I've rinsed it off and used an old toothbrush to clean it. Now it's currently soaking in hot water (just hot tap water). Is there anything else I need to do before adding it to my tank?
EDIT: Hi, yes, I am very well aware this is a ROCK and aquarium decor. My main concern was how much to clean it prior to adding it to my tank given it's been outside in the dirt and exposed to other stuff for who knows how long.
Posted by JakobiiKenobii
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Edit: deleted to not spread dangerous bad ideas
Probably need to boil it but hopefully others who know better than me can chime in.
Dip it in white vinegar, if it bubbles it’s a no go
That’s clearly already made for aquariums. If it’s dry I’m not worried about boiling or anything. Rinse it and go to town.
Looks like something purchased at an aquarium store
Definitely looks like someone else threw their old aquarium decor out
I hope to confuse the future owners of my property. I have dumped a lot of dead coral from my decades of reef keeping, in the yard.
Looks like a rainbow rock decoration. Don’t boil it as others have said never boil rocks. The chances of them exploding is not great, but its not something you want to take the risk of.
Hot water or vinegar to clean and it should be fine.
I had a similar one in my aquarium
That’s a piece of sedimentary “rainbow rock” – and it was undoubtedly purchased from an aquarium store at some point and tossed int he bushes by a prior owner.
100% safe to use once properly cleaned.
gnarly
Look for more! Jk. Great find.
why would you think that’s wood??
This one is pretty cool, nanos will swim thru the big hole, rarely the small one. I got rid of it because I went all natural