Driftwood in the home aquarium-discussion thread

[msjinkzd]

The article can be found at the link below, please feel free to share your experiences in this thread.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99665

[J double R]

well, i must say the OP did a great job putting the article together, i followed it to a T and have had no problems!


;) hehehe

[Soul Chile]

Awesome post. I look forward to collecting some pieces in the near future and seeing what I can get together. :thm:

[AquaticZen]

Great post! still nervous about cleaning driftwood thought as its my first time doing it. =( I want some driftwood so bad! lol

[J double R]

Cleaning is no biggie. Remember.. if wood is easily damaged during cleaning, it may be susceptible to rot in your tank. Be gentle, but firm in scrubbing the pieces.

[mchimiak]

I wimped out and just simply bought my piece at the LFS. My small loach swam into a hole and now calls the driftwood home.

The plants in the pic are about a month old on the driftwood.

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=2364&pictureid=20116

[Salt4Sam]

I read this and went around looking for pieces of wood everywhere i went, hoping to find that perfect piece. Just so happened to find it at a LFS, threw a couple plants at it, and Viola! Tank looks much better, thanks for the great advice, as always sir. :bowing:

[utty]

This is a great article. I have been into collecting wood for my aquariums over the last two days. I found a great source. I found wood that has been sitting in the sun for probably over a decade. It is gray and weighs almost nothing. I boil it and after a few hours it sinks and doesn't leach tannnins. I think because it was so thoroughly sun dried it is easy to prepare. I am going to collect more. The only thing is that it's small. However because it's small I can boil large amounts at one time. I have tried to use driftwood in the past I would say that the most important thing to getting it is how dried out it is. The more dried out the better. The wood I have now is a very hard wood even after its been boiling for hours in salt water.

[Haydn24]

I'm currently soaking a large price I found in my pond. It's too large to boil but I will try soak it in a salt water bin :)

[Squawkbert]

Excellent article. The only thing I've done differently is to use zip ties to anchor a really buoyant piece to rocks in my 20H. It's tougher to hide that fix than silicone or lag bolts and slate, but it's also lots cheaper and faster.