Driftwood??

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as long as its been weathered for a while ANY driftwood is fine i got a very nice 5 foot peice of driftwood at my cottage which according to my dad is white cedar (he looked at the grain of the wood and said it looked like cedar)

but you do have to sterilize the driftwood the simplist method of doing this is to boil it (there are other methods)

alot of people will say no coniforous tree (evergreen) should be used for tanks (they say theres too much resins etc) but really this is untrue you simply should be more careful (ie dont just find a peice and rub the bark off) if its proper driftwood its been weathered so heavily theres no sap left in it anyway
 
Yes, cedar is NOT a good idea for aquariums. The phytochemicals in cedar wood (ALL TYPES -ex:Western Red, Eastern White, Atlantic, Incense, etc...) are technically toxic. That's why they are not used for small rodents, parrots, ferrets and so on. They use small amount of cedar chips in dog bed to kill fleas, and cedar moth balls to kill moths. Obviously they are being used for their toxic properties. In both cases they are being used in small amounts to kill insects. Imagine now putting that wood (the oil is the toxic portion) into an aquarium where it will leach into the water in an enclosed space, with a filter that will be ineffective at removing it (neither mechanical filtration NOR biological filtration will remove it).
I know people have done it, but why take the chance. There are some cockroaches that become immune to the poison specifically designed to kill them, but that still doesn't mean it's not poison... Just my thoughts.
 
daveydoodle;3496937; said:
Yes, cedar is NOT a good idea for aquariums. The phytochemicals in cedar wood (ALL TYPES -ex:Western Red, Eastern White, Atlantic, Incense, etc...) are technically toxic. That's why they are not used for small rodents, parrots, ferrets and so on. They use small amount of cedar chips in dog bed to kill fleas, and cedar moth balls to kill moths. Obviously they are being used for their toxic properties. In both cases they are being used in small amounts to kill insects. Imagine now putting that wood (the oil is the toxic portion) into an aquarium where it will leach into the water in an enclosed space, with a filter that will be ineffective at removing it (neither mechanical filtration NOR biological filtration will remove it).
I know people have done it, but why take the chance. There are some cockroaches that become immune to the poison specifically designed to kill them, but that still doesn't mean it's not poison... Just my thoughts.
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I concur :grinyes:
 
yeah im trying to find my own driftwood in the swamps so would really like to know which ones would be safe (after a good vinegar soak of course)
 
yeah i never seem to come across driftwood in las vegas >.< lol/
 
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