Bogwood or Driftwood??

**daveteogh** · 29th Jul 2007, 09:12

Originally Posted by bossteck

Hi,

Good to know you found the perfect piece for yourself.

Boiling does not change the color, and the folks are right about the release of slime, and just to add, it stinks, so be mentally prepared.

OMFGZ! It stinks!?!?

What have I ended with!?

I better change the soaking water everyday before it stinks my home!

I guess I will have to soak it longer like a for a month now... I don't want my tank to stink and fishes to die!

**oblivion** · 29th Jul 2007, 14:18

it does stink a little but in my experience its not THAT bad
change the soaking water daily or one every 2-3 days should be okay
i boiled water to pour on it daily so the daily water change is perhaps why i didn't have a big problem with the smell

and what i experienced was that the colour did darken after boiling a couple times and letting the tannins leach out
but i had 2 pieces which i ended up not using and just left in my storeroom

guess what, 2 months later i dug them out to sell and they seemed to be back to the original lighter color (i hope its not my eyes failing me)
and after being left dry for 2 months the wood will float again