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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Driftwood
Ok, so in my 14 gallon tank, right now there are no fish in it, it says I can put driftwood in it. I always go camping at a beach every year, so I have some driftwood. Is that the same type of driftwood as the stores sell? Or is it different? I want to put this really cool looking part of driftwood. Would that be worse then buying driftwood from a local fish store? Thanks aTon!  |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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 on this is it wouldn't be a good idea to use the one you got from the beach. You just don't know what it has soaked up other than saltwater. If you really, really want to use it, give it a really, really good rinse, then boil it in water, let it cool down, dump the water and repeat (maybe even repeat those steps again). Then leave the wood soaking in water for a week or two.
IMO, it's much easier to go to the LFS and get one that you'll only have to soak.
Like I said, just my |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Ok, I'll probaly just buy some, I forgot what might have been soaked into it. Thanks! |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Addict
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You're welcome. Don't forget to post some pictures up if you can.  |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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okay, Devils Advocate checking in here. How do we have any idea what, if anything, the vendor did to the driftwood before we bought it? They gather it the same way we do, or buy it from locals who gather it from the beach or river banks. There's no labels, no paperwork to prove it is from a safe source (if such a thing exists in this day and age.) We don't know if it's free from pesticides, salts, toxins, or whatever. We take it on faith that because it's in the Fish Store that it is safe... I personally would feel safer boiling and sterilizing it myself. Of course I do with the wood I buy as well, but do you see where I'm coming from?
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January 6th, 2008
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I think that it would be fine as long as you starilize it first.(sorry i am a really bad speller somethimes) 
Last edited by Bella!!!!!!!!!; January 6th, 2008 at 01:12 PM.
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Helper
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MagpieTear
okay, Devils Advocate checking in here. How do we have any idea what, if anything, the vendor did to the driftwood before we bought it? They gather it the same way we do, or buy it from locals who gather it from the beach or river banks. There's no labels, no paperwork to prove it is from a safe source (if such a thing exists in this day and age.) We don't know if it's free from pesticides, salts, toxins, or whatever. We take it on faith that because it's in the Fish Store that it is safe... I personally would feel safer boiling and sterilizing it myself. Of course I do with the wood I buy as well, but do you see where I'm coming from?
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True, so I think I will just sterilizie it on my own, I never really though where the Fish Store people got their driftwood.  |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I gathered my own. My parents own a farm up in northern minnesota with a lake on the property, so I just gathered a bunch of driftwood from up there. I boiled the wood when I got home, and it's been in my tanks for almost 6 months now without a problem.
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January 6th, 2008
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Thanks! I think that's just what I'll do! Thanks for the great advice! |
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January 6th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Just use common sense when you collect it. Check the area, make sure there is no dead fish, nothing floating that shouldn't be there, etc.
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