My driftwood has been in my tank for months without any problems with water chemistry, nitrates etc. I actually have multiple fish that are breeding. I think some of the people that are concerned perhaps don't realize you have a large tank.
Bark on driftwood ok?
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That's established and water logged drift wood, he's talking about adding his own fresh driftwood. If you don't presoak the wood it most likely will float for the first couple of weeks (depending on the size of the wood) as well as release tannin which will lower your water ph lrvel. It's neither bad nor beneficial if you want to stick the wood in the tank now go for it just make sure you change water as needed. Recently I asked the same question and made the personal choice of taking a knife and shaving off just the bark, added it right away to my 120gal with my gars because their hearty beasts. Presoaking the wood that goes into my 55gal because eels are sensitive to ph change
No my wood wasn't established or presoaked. It's a stump that we dug up that's over 4' long so it wasn't practical to do anything to it other than clean it up.
Well ya anatomy of the stump and roots wouldnt have thick protective layer of bark because they need neutriants from the earth. I'm not here to argue everyone individual situation, I'm saying for what he's asking (cleaning and disinfecting) best results come from boiling the driftwood.
Here's a couple pics. They look like roots but have some tough bark like material. They were from a tree in a washed out bank having into the water.
Thanks. My buddy Josh has a kayak and was able to find it.It looks like a beautiful piece
I put a large branch just like that into my fish tank and just shaved off a bit of the bark really for aesthetic purposes but looks just like yours and I stuck it in anyway. Darkened the water, bit of crumbs, and stayed foggy for like 1 week and faded. Looks nice now =)
The way I look at it is if that thing is found in waters and fish are living in those waters than itll be fine lol.
The way I look at it is if that thing is found in waters and fish are living in those waters than itll be fine lol.
