Frozen Driftwood?

[Undawada]

I was at a fish club meeting and someone was saying she freezes her driftwood to kill anything living in it. Has anyone heard of this?

 

[WILDER]

No, but i suppose it makes sense, but i would still sterilise it then probably freeze it to make sure there is nothing to worry about.

 

[Undawada]

I think the reasoning behind it was for pieces too big to put in the oven or in a pot to boil. She used a deep freezer, or outside in the winter.

She froze her wood for 3 days. I think it would kill any bugs or water parasites, but I doubt it would get rid of hardy bacteria.

I suppose heat is the better option, but freezing seems like a decent alternative if heat is too inconvenient.

Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?

 

[yvez9]

i know some bacteria harmful to human can survive temperatures as low as -25c, i don't know about aquatic bacteria though

 

[Paul_MTS]

yep most bacteria will just lie dormant in freezing temperatures, but if it brings peice of mind to them...

is this bought wood or collected wood though?

 

[Undawada]

She said she collected it from a river bank.

 

[CFC]

Best thing to kill bacteria is a quick scrub in running tapwater, the chlorine is in the water for the exact purpose of killing harmfull bugs. Ive never frozen or boiled any of my wood and its never caused me problems.

 

[Undawada]

chlorine is in the water for the exact purpose of killing harmfull bugs

stands to reason...

 

[Fish Buddy]

chlorine is in the water for the exact purpose of killing harmfull bugs

of course! no need to hasle over boiling water agian.

 

[pseud]

of course! no need to hasle over boiling water agian.

Unless you wanna speed up the leak of tanins

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd say scrubbing it works fine. But if your that desperate, water and ammonia would be great. Helps the cycle And if I'm correct in thinknig, that manky fuzz you get goes away eventually.