The reason why I'm asking this is because I bought some new fake plants for Loki my juvi Green Cranwelli and since his drift wood/fake plant he always hides under wasn't in there he freaked out. So how long can I keep it and what can I do to preserve it. I need to deep clean the wood and am having trouble finding one that looks close enough that he won't notice its new. How do I go about cleaning the wood?