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Post by thecichlidpleco »

Does anyone know of some good sites to buy driftwood from?
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Post by MatsP »

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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Post by thecichlidpleco »

Im looking for malaysian, or rotwood.
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Post by Jackster »

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
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Post by Nebraska_cichlids »

Ted Judy also has some really fine pieces: http://www.tedsfishroom.com/drywood.html
(I'm not personally benefitting from this referral.)
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Post by suezbele »

if you are in toledo,ohio have you tried trilby tropicals,or perrysburg aquarium?
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Post by thecichlidpleco »

Trilby has "one" nice big piece for $80, but I'd rather have a selection if I'm going to spend that much. I'll try Perrysburg.
Thanks
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