[AquaticLife] Driftwood Cleaning & Curing…. Now, why didn’t I think of this???
I would have to say it probably depends on your dishwasher. My dishwasher has a little spot on the door where I put in the liquid spot remover, it just unscrews and there’s a hole where the screw was that you pour the spot remover into.
Amber
Menagerie_Manager wrote: > > I have just one question. How do I remove the water spot remover stuff > from the dishwasher? Knowing the answer to this would have made things a > lot easier when my son put liquid Dawn in that thing, because we were > out of > powder and he thought that’s where the liquid soap went. If anyone has > ever > used regular liquid dish soap in a dishwasher, the one thing you learn > right > away is that it takes only two or three drops to do a full load. Any more > and you get a kitchen floor full of suds. > > DebR and the Three Goldfish > (CB, Lucille, and Raven) > > —– Original Message —– > From: “Lenny V. aka GoldLenny” > > To: > > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:23 AM > Subject: [AquaticLife] Driftwood Cleaning & Curing…. Now, why didn’t I > think of this??? > > I was just reading my most recent edition of TFH (Tropical Fish Hobbyist > Magazine), the February 2009 edition (why do magazines come out one to two > months early anyhow?) and in the Q & A section, someone asked about the > difference between store bought driftwood and the kind we might find > in the > wild. While reading the answer, mainly being that the store bought has > already been cleaned and cured, the answer went on further to explain how > one might cure/clean their own wild found driftwood… and now to the “Why > didn’t I think of this?” question. > > Of course, the answer mentions scrubbing each piece with a scrub brush to > remove dirt/debris from the surface. Do not use soaps or detergents. Then > boiling each piece for about an hour. I’ve used a large crawfish boiling > pot for this but I know most folks do not have crawfish boilers.. so > here’s > the BIG answer… “…Larger pieces may need to be placed in your > dishwasher > on the hot cycle (using no detergent). Boiling will not only kill > microbes, > algae spores and other undesirable organisms, but it will also help to > leach > out the tannins and open the pores of the wood, allowing it to become > saturated faster so that it will sink more readily in your > aquarium…” and > Lenny’s additional tip… remove any water spot remover stuff and run > it on > the full cycle… not that pansy energy saving cycle. LOL > > WOW… I never thought about putting the big pieces in the dishwasher for > the boiling/sterilization process. While boiling for an hour would be > better, since the wood would be soaking in the water which would help > it to > sink easier, running it through your dishwasher is a more readily > available > “tool” in most households. Just make sure you remove it before the missus > gets home as she might not appreciate a big hunk of wood being in the > dishwasher when she starts putting all your dirty dishes in the > dishwasher… you know.. the ones that you left sitting in the sink while > you sterilized the driftwood. > > Heck.. the dishwasher can also be used for sterilizing our nets and other > aquarium tools as well as any used stuff you might buy. Beats the heck out > of watching that pot boiling on the stove. > > Please contact the law firm of Dewey, Skruem and Howe for any pending > divorce advice as a result of following any advice in this post. LOL > > Lenny Vasbinder > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) > > ———————————— > > Please, DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, Thank You. > ·´¯`·.¸¸.>.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸> ¸.·´¯`·.¸. , .·´¯`·..> > PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT > important to > the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the > SUBJECT > LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)” We Thank You in Advance for Your HELP in this matter.Yahoo! Groups Links > >
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