majoywoo Natural Large Driftwood for Aquarium Decor Reptile Decor 14-18" Long, Over 1.3 lbs

I purchased several of these and they came very well packaged and very nice sized. I boiled them… and boiled them and… boiled them some more. Using both salt and no salt. I could not get the tannins to stop leaching out. The first boil was the strongest but after that it was still very dark water after every boil. After boiling for probably 20 hours I gave up and decided not to use this wood because I did not want this particular aquarium with the tea stained water. While setting the tank up I finally said, the heck with it, I will add it and if it turns the water brown then I will remove the wood and replace the water. Surprisingly the water did not turn brown.The setup is 2 weeks old and getting ready to add a full tank of plants. Should look nice when done.

The piece of wood on the left is the one the seller sent to me. The piece of wood next to it on the right is the one depicted in the leading photograph on the Amazon seller's page. I realize that it is impossible to fill each order with an exact replica of the wood pieces on the webpage. But, I was hoping for one closer to the second image. Oh, well.... We'll make do.

I thought this was a good buy. Little frustrating that I boiled for hours and hours (over 24 of constant water changes and turning in the pot) to get it to stop leaching tannins but I expected it to an extent.My main issues comes in with my 2nd peice has a long arm peice attached to it that causes it to refuse to sink no matter what I do. The wood on this "arm" is a complete diffrent color and texture then the rest. No amount of boiling or soaking is getting this wood to the bottom. Ive got a week of soaking to try and get it down.It is now useless to me. Money wasted unless I wish to try and silicone it to a rock or something which is not what I want to do in my setup.I should also note there is a white mold looking thing growing all over my first peice. I'm not sure what's going on there. I clean it off and it seems to just keep coming back. Due to having this is an axolotl tank I cannot add to many other critters in to help with this issue.I can't say I would recommend this product having bought it twice and having problems with both peices.

This does not look anything like the picture. I get that all wood pieces will be different, but I ordered this specifically because it looked like it would be wide and tall. I wanted something my bearded dragon could crawl high up on. The piece I got was made to go length ways in the tank & maybe with a height of a couple inches. I have it propped against the side in the pic but I worry it'll fall so I doubt I'll leave it like that.

I ordered 2 pieces (14 to 18 inches) for my 55 gallon aquarium. Ordering driftwood online can be a bit of a leap of faith, but I received 2 excellent looking, quality pieces of driftwood.Do keep in mind, that the wood WILL release tannins into your tank, and at over a foot long, it's not easy to boil. If you're able, boiling will help speed the release of these tannins, but you'll likely never get them all out, and your tank water will reflect this in it's color. Combat this with frequent water changes, and/or a product like Purigen. Personally, I boiled these pieces repeatedly for 3 days, and was still pulling out significant tannins. Certainly not the fault of the seller, but instead a byproduct of darker aquarium woods.Another thing to remember, this wood will not be pre-sunk. You can speed this process up by boiling, but again depending on the size and shape of the piece you receive, this may be somewhat difficult. Your other options are a good long soak in an old cooler, or to weight it down (like I did one piece in the picture). In time, it will stay sunk.All in all, I got what I ordered, and at an excellent price (local stores often charge twice as much for pieces of similar size). Very pleased with this purchase.