bog wood or drift wood uk

bristlenosekid · Post by **bristlenosekid** » 01 Jul 2009, 17:59

bog wood or drift wood any small pieces for my new fry tank full of baby bristlenoses.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 01 Jul 2009, 23:17

Surely almost any LFS including Pest-at-home would be able to supply this...

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bristlenosekid · Post by **bristlenosekid** » 02 Jul 2009, 07:30

yer how ever i don't want to pay £7 for a small piece.
would drift wood from the beach be any good ?

TheSmurfinator · Post by **TheSmurfinator** » 27 Jul 2009, 00:52

I'm no expert as I've only just started keeping catfish and only been keeping fish at all for a year, but I would think it would be full of salt and would alter your PH?.....

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 27 Jul 2009, 07:57

MatsP wrote:Surely almost any LFS including Pest-at-home would be able to supply this...

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Nice spelling Mats!

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 27 Jul 2009, 08:06

Drift wood from the beach can be ok, but not always. it depends upon the type of wood which cannot always be determined & may have picked up contaminants.

I have used beach driftwood with great success but always thoroughly cleaned it before use. I also find that unlike specific aquarium woods, it is extremely bouyant.

racoll · Post by **racoll** » 27 Jul 2009, 12:29

Collecting wood yourself is cheapest, but it can be a pain with the wood floating and going mouldy. This problem you don't have when you buy mopani or Malaysian wood from a shop.

Best thing to suggest is to either buy a big bit and smash it up with a hammer, or spend a long time shopping around. Sometimes there are broken bits in the bottom of the wood bins in the shops, and they might give you those for a few quid.

Ebay might be another option.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 09 Nov 2009, 09:57

mikepsmith1 wrote:If drift wood gets fungussed like this then it is not completely dead (don't know the details) and should not be used.

As long as the fungus isn't extreme, it shouldn't be a problem.

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wrasse · Post by **wrasse** » 28 Nov 2009, 12:28

Some wood such as pine are poisonous. Beech and oak are ok. A few years ago I collect long pieces of dead beech, where the bark just peeled off or fell off. After soaking, it went in a 5' tank looking great. I can't remember how long it took, but it became covered in fungus. I took it out and washed it off, then put it back and treated the tank with a fungiside ( probably liquisil, but not sure, any will do the same). The fungus never returned and I used the wood for about 5 years.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 28 Nov 2009, 12:38

Or just keep an Ancistrus or some such in the tank.

And sorry if this thread looks a bit odd, but "mikepsmith1" is a spammer, so I deleted the post - despite being reasonably meaningful in the context.

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