Driftwood Sites
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Driftwood Sites
Does anyone know of some good sites to buy driftwood from?
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I'm not sure if you're in Toledo somewhere in the US, or if you're in Toledo in Spain.
This thread has a link to a web-site in the US.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=14384
I also happened to see:
http://www.exoticfinds.net/driftwood.html
[I have no connection with this company, haven't done any business with them.]
Most fish-shops will have some sort of selection of suitable-for-tanks wood. How big a selection, and what pieces they have, etc, etc will depend on the shop, of course.
I've used dried wood from the garden - as long as you avoid poisonous wood like cedar, yew-tree, etc, you should be fine. Most fruit-trees (apple, orange, etc) works fine, as well as most other common garden trees (oak, beech, birch, etc). Only problem is that lighter types of wood will take a bit longer to get water-logged and sink. You don't have to wait for it to dry before you put it in the tank, I just picked dried stuff from a pile in the garden because it was easy.
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Mats
This thread has a link to a web-site in the US.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=14384
I also happened to see:
http://www.exoticfinds.net/driftwood.html
[I have no connection with this company, haven't done any business with them.]
Most fish-shops will have some sort of selection of suitable-for-tanks wood. How big a selection, and what pieces they have, etc, etc will depend on the shop, of course.
I've used dried wood from the garden - as long as you avoid poisonous wood like cedar, yew-tree, etc, you should be fine. Most fruit-trees (apple, orange, etc) works fine, as well as most other common garden trees (oak, beech, birch, etc). Only problem is that lighter types of wood will take a bit longer to get water-logged and sink. You don't have to wait for it to dry before you put it in the tank, I just picked dried stuff from a pile in the garden because it was easy.
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Mats
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I have a nice piece up for auction on AquaBid. I also have a few more pieces left here
at home. If you bid on the auction I can send more in the box to save you some
shipping (it's heavy stuff). Drop me a PM or an email if your interested and I can send
you photos of what I have left.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1138671466
at home. If you bid on the auction I can send more in the box to save you some
shipping (it's heavy stuff). Drop me a PM or an email if your interested and I can send
you photos of what I have left.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1138671466
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Ted Judy also has some really fine pieces: http://www.tedsfishroom.com/drywood.html
(I'm not personally benefitting from this referral.)
(I'm not personally benefitting from this referral.)
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