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theres a bunch of good driftwood ive found, however i know icannot directly lace it in into my terrarium. the driftwood is in a river runoff that goes directly into the ocean. whats the best way for me to clean the wood? thanks.

-brad

I'm interested too. Anybody know?

heres what i got when i posted on another forum:
"The pieces that were small enough, I boiled, for 1 hrs. in extremely strong brine. fallowed in soaking in fresh water ( changing from time to time ) until the salt was gone. The pieces that were not small enough, I just soaked in extremely strong brine, for several days, fallowed by the same kind of fresh water changing to leach out the salt. Sometimes I will soak
in a bleach solution, fallowed by air drying until it is dry all the way through and no longer smells of chlorine."

I found this on the linked web site:

"What I do is fill the bath tub with very hot water and add a 10% bleach solution. This is always estimated, but I think I have gotten it very close. If you don't think you'll get it on the mark, try pouring water untill it gets as hot as it will get and then plugging the drain and turning the water off and on as you measure out the quantities. After the solution is made and the sticks are added, I let them soak untill the water cools. An easier method might be to make a small solution of 10 parts water and one part bleach and use it to meerly wash the sticks off before baking. Now you can bake the sticks so that they fully dry out, and any left over bacteria/parasites are killed off. If you used the soaking method, you can even just let the sticks/logs sun dry for two days, bringing them in at night."
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