Just want to know if this wood is fine to be used in my TANK

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  1. Ryno

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    if you dont have a big pot just put it in the tub with hot water.
     
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    Good idea dude this will be the old method of our parents days.

    I will just have to see if I can find a nice big pot dude, nice potjie pot:idea:
     
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    I stuck my pieces in a bucket and every morning and night, drained it and filled up again. Seemed to work ok...
     
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    Will it be fine only using geyser water?
     
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    Did you throw boiling water into the bucket dude? and for how long?
     
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    yes it would be fine i didnt even use boiling water i just bliksemd it with a presure hose. scrubbed it and let it soak in the pool for a month.
     
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    Thats what I used(geyser water), which might account for why it took so long to leach. I was concerned that boiling water would make the wood soft!
     
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    doesnt make the wood soft if you use hard wood. :)
     
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    Did you soak it in a bucket of water with some prime to get rid of all the chlorine in the wood after soaking it in the pool?
     
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    uses salt in the pool no chlorine. just treat it afterwords if you are scared of chemicals. but mine was fine.
     
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    okay cool I use a chlorine floater. Might float it in the pool for a couple of weeks.
     
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