wanted DRIFTWOOD

Rob72 · 04-02-2011, 07:51 PM

i am wanting a nice peice of driftwood for my tank, we went to petco today, they had the peice i wanted, the guy in there said it was not for aquarium, the tag said aquarium safe but they said for animals, where can i get one sage for fish at help please

mec102778 · 04-02-2011, 11:06 PM

You cqn buy it from Petco, you just need to cleqan it really well. Now it will leach tannin acid into th tank so just beware that the brown water is tannin acid. Doesn't harm the fish thought. If you don't want the tan water just boil and steep the drifwood till the water stays clear.

NeonShark666 · 04-03-2011, 03:10 AM

I am suprised PETCO would sell driftwood that wasn't fish safe. Try another Big Box store or use Foster's WEB site. Foster's WEB site has a lot of driftwood on it and it all sinks. You can collect it yourself but make sure to get it from a none-polluted stream or lake. Any collected from an Ocean Beach will need to have the salt soaked out it first.

jrman83 · 04-03-2011, 06:49 AM

Many places out there that sell it online. I bought all 10pcs I have from apetstore.com - a sponsor of this site.

Rob72 · 04-03-2011, 05:36 PM

i thought about just buying from petco and boiling it and soaking it for a few weeks, i add the black water stuff anyway..I like the darker look plus the fish like it, the only thing i dont know is about the bamboo plants i have now if they can handle the black water, im gonna look at apetstore.com now............thanks

mec102778 · 04-03-2011, 10:00 PM

brown water wont hurt anythng but it's acidic so watch your PH level after putting it in.

maverick4300 · 04-05-2011, 11:36 PM

try ebay.com.

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