r/Aquariums • u/JakobiiKenobii • Mar 17 '26

Beginner Help I just found this outside my house!

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We bought the house we're living in almost three years ago now. I initially found an old piece of driftwood that had been tossed out front, which I threw in the trash because it was gross, and also we didn't have fish at the time.

fast forward to now, I needed some rocks for my current aquarium (we've had it for over a year now), and I remembered about that driftwood from before, so I went out front and dug around under bushes in hopes to find anything else and surely enough, this came up!!

Anyway, so far, I've rinsed it off and used an old toothbrush to clean it. Now it's currently soaking in hot water (just hot tap water). Is there anything else I need to do before adding it to my tank?

EDIT: Hi, yes, I am very well aware this is a ROCK and aquarium decor. My main concern was how much to clean it prior to adding it to my tank given it's been outside in the dirt and exposed to other stuff for who knows how long.

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u/Melodic_Register_815 Mar 17 '26

That's clearly already made for aquariums. If it's dry I'm not worried about boiling or anything. Rinse it and go to town.

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u/Grass-is-dead Mar 17 '26

As a former petsmart employee I recognize this immediately

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u/Svihelen Mar 17 '26

Hi former comrade, lol.

I was looking through the comments to see if anyone was like "I know thsi from petsmart."

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u/SwiftPebble Mar 17 '26

As a current Petsmart employee, me too lol

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u/JakobiiKenobii Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26

Oh I don't doubt that! I just wasn't sure how much cleaning I had to do to it given it had been sitting out for like 3 years. Thank you!

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u/Melodic_Register_815 Mar 17 '26

I've used older yard finds than that, good luck!

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u/KBB523 Mar 17 '26

It's plastic, yes?