Found Driftwood I forgot I had put in my pond!

señor_pescados_felices

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I have had my tank fairly bare for quite awhile now,at times settling temporarily for the fake wood and stumps at my lfs.

I had wanted some driftwood but loath the tannins,so wound up never getting any...esp. since I do not run carbon.

Then recently I have seen a few people posting links to this ebay store:

http://stores.ebay.com/RockArtSource_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZQ2d1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQtZkm

They have such nice pieces of Malaysian driftwood there I couldn't resist,some of them are already mounted to slate to keep them down,others are instant sinking.

When my driftwood arrived I went to go put it in the pond for awhile to hopefully let it leach most,if not all,of the tannins it had to leach.

I was trying to anchor it down in the roots of the plants and I felt some driftwood down there,mostly buried in the mud and roots.

I pulled it out and it is wood that I now vaguely remember placing there more than two years ago,in summer of 2005.

Hopefully they have leached all their tannins.I scrubbed them with a scrub brush and they do sink except for one was sticking out of the water a bit so I had to put a few rocks on that side.

I also went and got alot of carbon,although I realize now that it is the kind with zeolite in it but oh well it should take care of any remaining tannins no?

there is a pic Ive posted before of how my tank looked and then some with my new driftwood and aquascaping.


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milkman407

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damn tank dosnt look like 3' wide but cant tell from pics. either way thats an amazing tank!
 
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