Drift Wood

[StylinT]

hey all i was wondering i leave near the st lawrance an there is always a huge amountof drift wood around last night i ofund a amazing piece about 7 feet long that i wanna put in my 96 gallon tank  ( i will be trimming it up abit to make it fit but it has been in the the river for who knows how long would it be safe to say after i rinse it off with a diluted bleach an rinse it it would be safe for my tank i tohught the tangins would have came out sitting in the river what do you all think ?

[yellowtang]

Hello there.......I read your drift wood comment..
 under  "no circumstance" should u use deluted bleach...... nor only
 will you kill your fish or perhaps plants that you might have.
 I suggest rinsing it with salt water.or very well diluted vinager.
 old wood has the problem of absorbing what ever liquid is being
 cleaned with...so no BLEACH.

[StylinT]

ya ok then so just soak it in a salt or viniger soulotion an then it should be ready since it has been in the st lawrance all winter im gussing ?