New wood- how do you prep?

[LooksLater]

Since the Ebi Disaster, I've been a little wary of buying new wood decor for the tanks...I know in most cases, it's fine. But every once in awhile, something can sneak in on a piece of wood and wreck your system. I just found a killer little piece for a nano tank and am debating how to prep it for a tank-

What do you guys do to pre-treat your wood, anything special?
Bake, boil, soak, scrub, bleach dip? Just toss it in?
Just curious to see if anyone's got a good routine... thanks, ya'll!

[originalhandy]

I boiled my mopani for about 4 or 5 hours. I did several water changes in that time too

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[Ballinxalex]

I normally let the wood sit for a month or so in water then boil it for a good while after then put into tank

[AHP]

I boil mine for a couple of hours then let sit in a tub for a month if you can.

[hungvanvo]

Boil is the best result to get out the chemical on the wood. My wood too big so can not boil it, I let the sit on the 55 gal barrel and I change the water out every 4 days until the stain is gone. I took me 3 weeks before I put it my tank and it work.

[LooksLater]

I'm sure it sounds paranoid to anyone who hasn't had one of those horror stories happen to them. Lol.

I don't have tannins in mind, particularly. We use purigen in almost all the tanks, so that's not my issue with new wood.
More about preventative steps to make sure it's safe- no crazy bacteria, fungi, bugs, etc...
I suppose soaking would also draw out any other chemicals in the wood, though.


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[troy tucker]

The bigger peases are hard to boil. I use a very large tub and bleach. I will let it set in pretty strong bleach for about a week. then sock in just water for another three weeks. every pease I have ever done this way has never givin me a prob. but I have had a pease I just throw in rot and kill everything in the tank.