caribbean driftwood - have simple question

[woo]

http://www.floridadriftwood.com/subcatmfgprod.asp?0=200&1=282&2=-1&6=1

is this a good idea for my tank? i need something for my pleco..if not caribbean, then i'll look at the asian wood. I don't really have the patience to continue to boil my current piece of wood..

 

[Guest]

Its still not going to sink on its own. I know, it sucks. Try fixing your current piece to some slate.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Why are you boiling it in the first place? Is it because of the tannins?

 

[woo]

Yeah, I'm not a good fan of tannins =\

 

[Fishyfanatic]

So then it's not an issue of the wood not sinking?

Do you have carbon in your filter? And what type of filter is it?

 

[woo]

Nope, I was looking for pre-treated wood that doesn't leech out huge quantities of tannin..and in the case on the website, none at all. I do have a carbon filter pad on my eheim 2232 canister...the wood was in my tank for a few weeks and it didn't seem like it was helping, but I now know I need to change the carbon pretty often if there's wood in there.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

The carbon is supposed to take care of tannins, but since it's not helping, I would try different driftwood. I don't see any problems with the wood that you posted.

 

[TankGirl]

I like swahala wood, which is a bog wood that sinks immediately and releases very little tannins. I soaked mine for about a week and that was all it took to keep it from staining my water. The wood you refer to looks great, though I suspect it will float and may require weighting.

 

[RoK]

Where might one get that swahala wood, TankGirl? Do you have a good website with some?

 

[Guest]

Where might one get that swahala wood, TankGirl? Do you have a good website with some?

Bump, I'd like to know too!

 

[Fishyfanatic]

For Large:
http://www.aquaria.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/6_49/products_id/7530

For Medium:
http://www.aquaria.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/6_49/products_id/7531

For Small:
http://www.aquaria.com.au/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/6_49/products_id/7532

This particular company is out of the Jumbo size. If you do another Google search, I'm sure that there are more retailers out there. But this was just the first one that popped up.

 

[TankGirl]

Thanks, FF - I get mine locally from a LFS that sells some beautiful pieces for cheeeeep

 

[bussardnr]

try http://www.aquariumdriftwood.com/driftwoo.htm they get ther wood from the water and clean it so all you have to do is drop it in the tank