Driftwood

[Tolley]

Some pics of some driftwood i picked up at my local beach today
just to show some people that there no need to pay for driftwood!

1st and 2nd pic is one piece
3rd and 4th pic are another piece
5th is pic of an older bit i found

I'll pics of them in the tank tomoz

[Tolley]

here the older one in the tank ( last one^)

[mp3rp]

Very nice drift wood. But is it safe to take something from the beach? Wouldn't it harm the fish in some way or did you boil the wood before putting it in your tank?

[Tolley]

yep boil it till it stops leaching tannins and scrub it lots :D

the one in tank atm has been in there since it was cycling and everythings been good so far

[mitcore]

nice drift wood
looks good in the tank

[SkarloeysMom]

Our closest beach is over 4 hours away but next time we make the trip I will be looking for wood like that! Those pieces you found are beautiful!!

[country_boy454]

Nice drift wood! As soon as the snow melts here I am going to go looking for some drift wood or maybe even some bogwood in the swamps around here...

[Dave66]

Since the wood was in the ocean for who knows how long, the only thing would be boiling to leach out the salt. Its doubtful any tannins remain as the wood was scoured by sand and waves for at the very least months. It could have been years.

Dave

[Tolley]

sorry Dave i dont quite understand, im really slow today

[blu]

Very nice pieces of driftwood..they should look real nice in your tank once you have them boiled.

[Tolley]

thanks, Redun the tank to fit em in today, here is each bit. Sorry blurrier pics than usual

[blu]

looks nice! Did you add moss to the top of the first one? and I like how the second one curves around the plant a bit.

[Tolley]

thanks and yeh thats all my java moss, that pics the worst can hardly see the moss, i'll get a better pic tomoz when the tanks cleared up. :D

[Incredulous_Ed]

That's super cool looking!

[NickFish]

Very nice.
I wish I lived close to a beach. The closest beach near me are the Great Lakes Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. And those are so polluted that you aren't supposed to swim in them because of risk of cancer! So I usually stay out... Nice driftwood though

[Tolley]

lol, thanks