Habitat - Indoor :: Wood baking?

[BiteyBits]

Hiya! So the piece of awesome grapevine I had in my tank started growing a white fluffy fungus on the middle of it. I tried scrubbing it with hot water and hydrogen peroxide, but it came back. I'm thinking about heat treating it by baking it. I don't want to singe it or cause it to burst into flames, so, I'm thinking about 300F for a while might do it?
Any suggestions on temp/time?

[papoopeepoo]

You might not even need to go up to 300F...160F is enough to kill most living things like bacteria and fungus. A low temp like 200 or the lowest your oven can get to is probably sufficient.

...I may be wrong, though.

[steve]

It'll likely come back no matter how well you clean it.

[marisa]

Bitey bites---I once tried grapevine in the tank and got the same goopy, whitish film on it, which my painteds started to nibble on. It will eventually come back no matter what you do. Grapevine is not water resistant and is not mean to be submersed (or have ongoing contact) with water. For a basking area, Corkbark, which is water resistant, would be much better and easier to care for. If you want to keep wood submerged in the tank, Malaysian driftwood or Mopani will not develop that film.

[BiteyBits]

Thanks. I looked for some better wood on Wed and couldn't find any. They are without resting places with it out, so, I'm going to try the baking and put it back in for them and just deal with whatever happens until I can find something else.