TedsTank

Here are a few pics...first one is the little walk to get to driftwood heaven. The rest are just shots of the BIG ones...and behind those up the beach are all the pieces that break off (aquarium size)

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matt6765

Wow

capekate

Hey Ted..
looks like a driftwood graveyard! How cool is that? hehe... Have fun picking out the 'perfect' pieces for your tank.

TedsTank

Get a u-haul and y'all come on down!!!!....lol, there is enough for all FishLore...and door prizes!!!...and firewood for beach cookout!!!

capekate

LOL... I have a few good places such as that here on Cape Cod, by the beach.. I know just what its like to 'strike gold' such as in those photos.

Shawnie

holy smokes!!!!!! nice nice shots...and a partay to boot!

Butterfly

Nice! I love wood and rocks so every time I say oh wow wood or oh wow rocks hubby just rolls his eyes LOL Hope you find some good pieces.
carol

TedsTank

Nearly impossible to decide!!! Driftwood on the deck, Flowerbeds, etc. I try not to go there too often...its like deciding which betta to buy if you could only have one...lol

Butterfly

LOL Thats how I am with rocks. The local Golden Corral Restaurant has this really cool rock under a tree in their landscapeing. My husband told a friend he sure was glad it was to big to carry away.LOL

As for wood, the big piece in my 75g is a piece we got while out hiking. Now it's covered in two kinds of Java Fern and Bolbitis heudelotti.
Carol

MissMTS

Holy smokes! That is a great resource! I wish I had something like that around here. Can you post some pics of the pieces that you have in your tanks?

Lucy

Wow Ted. thats great!
I live near a river and I see a lot of wood down there too but we have quite a bit of pine trees and I'm never sure if it's the right kind of wood.
You could probably cure a few of those pieces and go into business on e-bay.

TedsTank

lol...I would need a pressure cooker the size if a small car!!!...those are all aged so old and DRIED OUT...most of the pieces I try by putting in the Koi pool....2 in there now are floating for 6 months now!!!...A third one has finally sunk!! and it was not as old, still had bark pieces on it.

Crimsonbull57

thats so awesome, i occasionaly pick up some peices when i go to the indiana dunes

TedsTank

HELLO EVERYONE!! CEDAR or PINE Driftwood...both are very aromatic....find a place on your driftwood...preferrably on the bottom and cut it or gouge it and smell. Pine is usually very light in weight and light color if aged...Cedar is reddish if you scratch below the aged part...but smell it too...red oak is of course red from the tannins.

Maybe as a general rule and you are not sure...if it is pleasingly aromatic..dont use it. If not pleaseingly aromatic (stinks) dont use it!!

Tannins will not hurt your tank or fish....will NOT crash your pH, it leaches out slowly....and regular water changes will clear your tank as the tannins leach out.

Mikoten

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