After two weeks of putting the cork bark in my aquarium, the water changed to a brownish yellow. I know it is a common occurence. I did not try to boil or soak it though. The weird part is that it was fine the first and a half week. It just started turning yellow the past couple of days.
Anyhow, after completely cleaning the tank today, my dad and I tried wrapping up the cork bark in cellophane to test if it'll be okay. However, we haven't seen the turtles on it. We were thinking that maybe it's too slippery and they cannot grip on it. The cork bark does not even look that steep or slippery so I was also wondering if they needed some time to get on top.
Anyhow, I put them in a temporary place for tonight to prevent drowning from being too tired swimming without a resting area.
Is it a bad idea to wrap the work bark in cellophane (plastic wrap)? Has anyone tried it? Do you think it makes cork bark slippery?