Jorewood Natural Large Aquarium Driftwood for Fish Tanks & Reptile Terrariums – 100% Safe Fish Tank Decorations, 2-Piece 10-14 Inch Unique Twisted Branches Low Tannin, Easy to Sink

Nice variety of shapes and sizes, that are going to look beautiful in my fish tank. I was really pleasantly surprised by the quality and I'm definitely going to be ordering more in the future. I put the wood pieces into a jug of water for several days to leech out the tannins. At the start, they all floated which was to be expected. Now, after almost a week the majority of them have waterlogged and are sitting at the bottom. There are a few stubborn pieces that still float but that's just the way it goes sometimes. I'll weight them down with rocks or something. As for the tannins, they definitely needed the soak. But it's been 24 hours since the last water change and it's completely clear now. So I'd say to let them soak for at least a week before putting them into a fish tank. Unless you want that black water look, of course.

The one piece is absolutely what I was expecting. Nice large piece. Beautiful grain/color. I love the shape and knottiness. The second piece was a little smaller than expected , but works well in my 20 gallon tank. I am waiting on some more plants to fill in the space. Overall I’m really happy with the pieces. I did boil the pieces first. I didn’t have a big enough pot for the large piece, so I used my roasting pan. I boiled it for 1 hour and flipped it, then another hour. I did this 3 times. The smaller piece was mostly under water each time, I did flip it as well to get the little edges. So it definitely got a good boil. Then I followed the directions on the little card that came with the wood and soaked them in a bucket of cold water, adding sea salt, for one hour. This did very little. I decided to soak it for 1 day or 24 hours. This pulled out more tannins. Then I changed the water and soaked for another 24 hours 2 more times. The smaller piece was ready after 48 hours of cold soak. It did not float. The bigger piece needed more time. After the 72 hours, I put it in place and anchored it with a netted bag of old substrate I was using to cycle the new tank. It took about another week for it to fully saturate and not float. A small amount of tannins were released into the tank water, so made the water a little dark, but not too bad. If I ever need more wood, I will order from them again.

These arrived at perfect time as I was setting up a new 20 gallon tank. 2 of the 3 pieces we large enough, as I expected while the 3rd one was a bit smaller. I wish the 3rd one was equally large as well, but can't complain; it provides a nice variety as I'm scaping the tank. These might be too small for larger tanks though and would recommend larger pieces, for aquariums larger than 20-25 gallon. The packaging was pretty minimalistic and I wish that they wrapped the pieces in some kind of paper, but there was no visible damage during shipping and handling. These do give out a lot of tannins, so if you're not going for something like darkwater aquascape, treat these for a few weeks, to get the tannins out. (Personally, I don't care about these as they're beneficial to fish, but in case you don't like it.. just a heads up). Overall, these are nice quality driftwood and I'll buy from them again, when I set up larger tank.

Okay, so not SPLENDID but nice! I order 7:-11 inches I should have been brave and got the 14 inch, my aquarium is 29 gallon tall. It definitely adds some hiding caverns and the texture of the wood is beautiful and knotty the color rich. I boiled it at least 12 times over 36 hours, lots of brown tannins water came off. My tank is new and levels good. Enough for fish to be happy and safe, they are happily exploring. Good value for money at $19, well worth it. I used a small rock to hold one log down I know it will stay down soon 2/3 pieces stay down straight away.

I bought this to help condition the water in my fish tank. I have about 15 guppies in a 30 gallon tank. I had a pleco but unfortunately he died after having it 2 years, I replaced it with 2 albino Cory catfish ( I know I need to get more, I plan on buying 4 more in the future). My tank water levels went up after it died. The ph was up to 8 and nitrite and ammonia went up. Also I have very hard water but use seachum prime for that with every water change. The driftwood brought everything to normal range so that’s why I give it 5 stars. I only boiled each piece for about 30 minutes, then let it soak in clean water for about 3 hours. 2 of the pieces finally sank to the bottom but the largest piece kept floating. I’m currently soaking it now, and plan to put it back in my tank after a few days. The pieces I received were very good quality but not what I was hoping for. I wanted something my fish could hide in but probably after I add the biggest piece I can create a cave like structure with it. I added a photo of my tank. I just added plants to my aquarium about a week before getting driftwood, so that’s what might have helped water quality also. My tank isn’t finished being decorated, that’s why there are empty spots lol. Just wanted to show 2 of the pieces I received. Also my fish love the driftwood!!

So it looks great, but i boiled both pieces as instructed and the tank was cloudy the next day. Tested the water after a couple days and parameters show ok. Just slightly cloudy and discolored. Mainly from the tannins. Id recommend boiling multiple times instead of only 1 hour. I glued the 2 pieces of large mopani driftwood together and added java moss to make a nice centerpiece. KEEP IN MIND, MINE WILL NOT SINK. These will float unless you weigh them down which sucks. I was going to move my lava rock but i can’t. Maybe it will stay after a few weeks but it’s been days and will still float if i move the rock.

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This wood looks very nice and on first inspection I was delighted with it. However be aware that it is untreated. This means that it will float and so is not initially suitable for aquariums. To make it float you need to soak the wood for at least a month until it sinks. Having done this I find that the wood does not release tannin slowly (as advertised) but is very highly laden Tannin is the coloured dye natural to the wood. In this case it turns the aquarium water purple quite quickly. This is not dangerous to fish but obviously is not attractive and after a while the fish cannot be seen. The solution is more soaking until the dye stops being released. To say that it is aquarium safe and has low release tannin is false advertising as once purchased it will be quite a long time before it can be used in an aquarium. I would send it back but as it’s been heavily soaked and has changed appearance to dark brown due to tannin release I’m not sure that is possible. My advice….don't buy it unless you plan to use it months ahead.

pieces i got didn’t even make sense. couldn’t even make a structure with the 5 pieces i was sent, i know it’s randomized, just wish i didn’t totally get all fat round pieces