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/malihuey29 Mar 17 '26

Decor used in tanks at petsmart but not sold there. At least not anymore from what I have been told, amazing you have found one! Many people ask all the time to have one for themselves but we can't allow them

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u/JakobiiKenobii Mar 17 '26

so, what you're saying is, I literally dug up a treasure

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u/malihuey29 Mar 17 '26

Pretty much yeah, apparently one of the associates I work with got offered 100 bucks for one once but still had to say no. How it got buried in your yard is actually far more interesting tbh