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Why am I buying Malaysian or African driftwood, which is expensive, when there are so many trees around? Â Can someone explain why this is so? Â What makes them different?
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Color, texture, and boyuncy etc.. main thing is we here in the south
do not have trees w/ roots that end up looking as such. Closest wood I've found
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P.S. - I have read various articles around the net about boiling, adding salt, kiddie pools and such. Â If driftwood is so easily converted for aquarium use then why buy? Â Is it a time factor?
Does sap continue to leech out of the wood after boinling? Â Do I need to get old wood or can I cut from a live or recently felled tree?
What about all the cypress roots in the Guadalupe?Painting the world with drool and poop since 2007! ~ Papa GregComment
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New / Green trees have sap in them and will not work.
The imported woods are hard woods and sink even after sitting on the shelf for months.
Most of the woods around here are "soft" woods and will float even when old and dried out.
I like the soft woods as the snails and CAKs continue to nibble on them and change the shape (and the price is right).
If you are not using an undergravel filter, you can attach a piece of slate or floor tile to the bottom with a few wood screws and cover the base plate with gravel or you can boil. Â
I prefer to just soak for months in a barrel until it becomes "water-loged"
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I was just thinking that....Originally posted by greg_tsam";p="
Grab yourself a tube... float down the Guadalupe... and when your butt hit wood, just reach down and grab it.Comment
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you think it would work i would like to try it  :)Comment
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It would be fun to try, and take along a ziplock bag for the plants you run over.
but look out for the big snapping turtles Â
'Dear Lord,' the minister began, with arms extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face. 'Without you, we are but dust ...'
He would have continued but at that moment my very obedient daughter who was listening leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her shrill little four-year old girl voice, 'Mom, what is butt dust?'Comment
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true trueComment
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There was some nice pieces of wood where we go to collect Holey Rock in Burnett Texas. Â
Geoff is organizing another trip. Â They would have to be dunked in water for while.Raul
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i have tried several kinds of wood that i have found locally. they all seem ot give up and sink eventually. some do take months. and they do tend to get eatin up or rott in the water eventually. but they can last for a few years and then you get more. and i feel thats a more natural process then some woods lasting forever. i will say i have found some that would take more then my patience to soak them through. with all the downed wood around im sure you could find some cool pieces and try to sink them.Never fear I is here
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Actually... it does work... Â :wink:Originally posted by JGUERRA";p="
We were at the horseshoe section of the Guadalupe 2 weeks ago and i came home with a nice piece Â
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cool ima have to go look for some.. in do need to change the layout in my tank,Originally posted by nacra99";p="Actually... it does work... Â :wink:Originally posted by JGUERRA";p="
We were at the horseshoe section of the Guadalupe 2 weeks ago and i came home with a nice piece Â
thanks guys,
jose Â
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cool ima have to go look for some.. in do need to change the layout in my tank,Originally posted by nacra99";p="Actually... it does work... Â :wink:Originally posted by JGUERRA";p="
We were at the horseshoe section of the Guadalupe 2 weeks ago and i came home with a nice piece Â
thanks guys,
jose Â
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Howdy,
FYI some of the native driftwood have I believe tanic acid which leaches into the water and changes it to an ice tea color but has not seemed to affect the fish, that maybe be one reason to boil the wood and try and get it nutrilized. Â LOL, I think we she all go native/natural in our tanks. Â later, kenComment
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i did it!!,
my neighbor has a tree that doesnt have any bark its real smooth wood,
well what i did was i broke a branch off and then took all the leaves of and small twigs,
then i tried boiling it but it was too long and didnt fit in the pot, so i put it in the tub and turned the hot water on it,
did that for 10 min drained it, - then filled it up again with hot water and scrubbed it with a metal brush under water
for about 15 min, then drained the water wash some small debri off the branch with a towel and then dipped it in the tank
with the fish already in it it did not stain the water at all!! and it sunk!! it looks great in there i love it!! it a big piece like 3-4 foot long i have it in a tall tank.. and the fish seem to like it a lot too.. the tree was kinda big and it sometimes grows white/pinkish flowers sorry i dont have the name of it..
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