Aquarium safe wood for dividers?

gotriceboy

gotriceboy

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Well if you can drop drift wood in an aquarium you can replace the PVC with wood. I would assume that you should be able to use oak with no problems. BUT you need to make sure that the wood has not been treated in any way. I am sure that some other people who are more informed will ad to this (good or bad)
 
icecubez189 said:
if you want, you can get a UGF plate with very small holes and cut that into the shape desired, makes a great divider IMO
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I thought about using an UFG plate but I didn't want to impede the flow of water in my tank. Plus my feeders can swim through the eggcrate freely and only cost me about $10 for a 2x4 a sheet. But one thing I like about an UGF is that it can come in black. Can't find black eggcrate around here.
 
If your looking for something in a different color you could look for some of that plastic mesh that is used for crafts. It comes in all sorts of colors and should be cheaper than eggcrate. The only thing is the holes would be to small for the feeders to get through. If your heart is set on eggcrate you could get creative and tie some java moss to it. Once it grows in it would hide the eggcrate nicely.
 
tai95 said:
If your looking for something in a different color you could look for some of that plastic mesh that is used for crafts. It comes in all sorts of colors and should be cheaper than eggcrate. The only thing is the holes would be to small for the feeders to get through. If your heart is set on eggcrate you could get creative and tie some java moss to it. Once it grows in it would hide the eggcrate nicely.
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I don't mind the look of the eggcrate, it's just the PVC pipe that holds the sheet to the tank (the part where the suction cups attaches to). I plan to use some sort of 22" x 3/4" squared hardwood, cut a 1/2" channel and use this to hold the eggcrate in place. I have 7 lb suction cups to attach the whole divider in place. Reason why is I have a 125g and will be housing a JD and a RD. Need something strong enough to hold back a full grown RD.
 
If you plan to purchase wood from a hardware store/ lumber yard, be prepared for pH changes. Probably going to be more acidic.

While it is true that you can drop driftwood into a tank with little change, you need to remember that driftwood has been seasoned from being totally submerged in water for a significant amount of time and bleached by the sun. Any wood you buy from the hardware store will be fairly fresh cut and will therefore contain a certain amount of sap and other, possibly harmful substances.

If you have a ready source of driftwood (lake, river, etc.) maybe you could fashion your screen out of thin driftwood branches lashed together by hemp string or something. It would probably look very cool and should be perfectly safe for your fish.

Just a thought I had.
 
okief1sh said:
...fashion your screen out of thin driftwood branches lashed together by hemp string or something. It would probably look very cool and should be perfectly safe for your fish.

Just a thought I had.
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A very excellent idea!! I will look into this. Thanks okief1sh!
 
No problem. Every once in a while I come up with a good idea. ;)

Unfortunately my good ideas tend to create a lot of additional work for myself. :duh:
 
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