i was woundering if i could put some tree branches in my aquarium and if so what do i need to do to them before i put them in? thank you :shark:
tree branches in tank- safe?
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wow, manzanita branches look great!
I used drift wood from lake erie, one of the more contaminated lakes in ohio, and it is working fine...I just had to clean it, sterilize it by baking and boiling, and then let it sit in water while it sank while tannis and other sunstances leeched out.
The manzanita wood looked really nice when i looked it up, but it cost money.
If you are going to use live wood I wouldn't recomend any kind of pine just since it full of nasty sap...also some variates of pine sap are dangerous to humans (maybe fish too?). For example you can eat the inner sapy bark of white pine, but the shrub variety of white pine can make you mess you pants if you ever decide to eat a pine tree...but for the relavence of fish I would go with hard wood...sycamore looks great, but I think dead, dry wood would work better than live wood.
I used drift wood from lake erie, one of the more contaminated lakes in ohio, and it is working fine...I just had to clean it, sterilize it by baking and boiling, and then let it sit in water while it sank while tannis and other sunstances leeched out.
The manzanita wood looked really nice when i looked it up, but it cost money.
If you are going to use live wood I wouldn't recomend any kind of pine just since it full of nasty sap...also some variates of pine sap are dangerous to humans (maybe fish too?). For example you can eat the inner sapy bark of white pine, but the shrub variety of white pine can make you mess you pants if you ever decide to eat a pine tree...but for the relavence of fish I would go with hard wood...sycamore looks great, but I think dead, dry wood would work better than live wood.
well ive boiled my branches a few times and stuck them in my twenty gallon to test it out i put a few danios in it the water tested ok before i put danios in so im going to see if danios survive with the branches in it
danios are a very hardy fish that can easily live through a tank cycle, so if they do live with the branch other fish may not, if you want to test it on fish maybe try a fragile fish like neon tetras.
what about a black covict? i got a few of them although i hate killing fish also one of my guppies got in there when i put the dainos in
What type of tree did you get the branch from?
I've never heard of anyone using tree branches in their fish tanks so I'll gladly let you be the guinea pig.
I haven't seen any of the experts comment on this,wish they would throw their 2 cents in.
I'd be on the safe side and just spring for driftwood,you can find some at pretty good prices on aquabid,ebay and some other online sites.
I've never heard of anyone using tree branches in their fish tanks so I'll gladly let you be the guinea pig.
I haven't seen any of the experts comment on this,wish they would throw their 2 cents in.
I'd be on the safe side and just spring for driftwood,you can find some at pretty good prices on aquabid,ebay and some other online sites.
i dont buy anything online and have you sean the prices of wood in a pet shop i would gladly buy them if the didnt want to rip you off.