Drift wood - Aquarium Advice

courtnee · 04-14-2007, 09:21 PM

I bought a medium sized piece of driftwood since I have a pleco and will be setting up a 75gl tank soon. I plan to have a few pieces and this is the first one I have gotten.

I put it in my 55gl and figured it would be good to lay in there until I get my 75gl and let it collect bacteria.

Does driftwood hold a good amount of bacteria?

I plan to do much more then this.... hoping to run the filter on my 55gl for a few weeks before putting it on the 74gl to help seed it.

rich311k · 04-14-2007, 09:29 PM

Bacteria will grow on any solid surface. I imagine driftwood will hold quite a bit.

courtnee · 04-15-2007, 09:00 PM

good! Driftwood is hard to come by here but recently it is showing up. I am picky about the shape and so far only found one I like.

SeriousDude5 · 04-18-2007, 08:26 PM

The fish store I know of only sell small pieces of driftwood untill I found www.aquariumdriftwood.com I've ordered 4pieces for my 90gallons two centerpieces and two misc and they look great! They are all the same shade of black/brown and even though they dont do pictures all the driftwood I got was unique and beautiful.

04-14-2007, 09:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
courtnee Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Dakota, USA Posts: 284 Images: 2	Drift wood I bought a medium sized piece of driftwood since I have a pleco and will be setting up a 75gl tank soon. I plan to have a few pieces and this is the first one I have gotten. I put it in my 55gl and figured it would be good to lay in there until I get my 75gl and let it collect bacteria. Does driftwood hold a good amount of bacteria? I plan to do much more then this.... hoping to run the filter on my 55gl for a few weeks before putting it on the 74gl to help seed it.

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04-14-2007, 09:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,746 Images: 35	Bacteria will grow on any solid surface. I imagine driftwood will hold quite a bit.

04-15-2007, 09:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
courtnee Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Dakota, USA Posts: 284 Images: 2	good! Driftwood is hard to come by here but recently it is showing up. I am picky about the shape and so far only found one I like.

04-18-2007, 08:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
SeriousDude5 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 564	The fish store I know of only sell small pieces of driftwood untill I found www.aquariumdriftwood.com I've ordered 4pieces for my 90gallons two centerpieces and two misc and they look great! They are all the same shade of black/brown and even though they dont do pictures all the driftwood I got was unique and beautiful.