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Well just to throw a spanner in the works, the bogwood that had the algae on it, i have rescued it from the bin as i did like it and it costs money.
So the best ways of cleaning bogwood are either boiling or baking can someone give me a time on how long i boil it for and.............................................
I have other man made wooden effect pieces in the tank which haven't gone back in since the algae incident, any ideas how i clean those, they are made of somethin like a dense plastic, so cannot boil or bake any suggestions people please
Cheers

If you just want to sanitize it, I would suggest boiling it for twenty minutes. That should kill off any nasties. If you want to leech the tanins out of it, that takes a bit longer. Usually you just boil until your water is no longer a yellow color. This can take a long time so be prepared to boil for a while. When I did it I had to open up all the windows because the four hours of boiling turned my apartment into a steam room. For the plastic decorations I would just brush or scrub them with something like a hard toothbrush etc. under hot water until it is clean.