thank you for the reply. I have started the process this morning. I soaked it in hot water over night held down by rock. still floats this morning, but it is wet. I then started boiling for three hours. The water had red tint to it like mentioned. Also what looked to be pretzel salt came out of the wood. The peice i am using was found on beach at ketchkin alaska. I bought on ebay, so it has been in water before but i figured i would boil to be safe. I know it will cause to decompose faster, but i don't have the means to submerse it for months on end in an apartment. So i will boil and see how it goes. I am always changing tank so might change before rotting starts anyways. My chunk is 5 inches lont 3 inches wide 6 inches tall. It has barnacles that were formed on it but are falling off while soaking and such. I will post the end results when done.
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