british wood

[blatch]

hi there everyone, i was just wandering if there was any types of british wood that you could use in discus or apistogramma tanks that would not damage the fish in any way, i know that oak leaves can be used to lower the tanks Ph but just wawndering if it would work the same for the actual branches aswel?
obviously i would strip the bark of so it would only be the inside middle bit.

thanks matt

 

[chloe]

im afraid i cant help, but i was thinking the same thing a while ago. so good question and might steal some advice thats given if thats cool

 

[blatch]

ive just heard from somebody on another forum that beech and oak is ok as he has used both in his tanks, ive just gone and got a big piece for my 8ft tank and am just about to start de-barking it.
if you go on practical fishkeeping then i have got the answer from there in the sub catagory cichlids

 

[darth pike]

It's generally considered that most hardwoods are fine, and softwoods are not. The one I would avoid (though people have used it) is cedar ... anything used to as a poison and kill things, I would avoid.

 

[Yanbbrox]

It's cheap enough to buy driftwood if you hunt around, I've never used wood I've found in a tank. Recommendations would be to boil it for a long time

 

[matteo]

yeah boil the wood or soak it in a big bucket for a long time to avoid that brown colour that wood leaches out.