Look, there are plenty of resources that will tell you if a given species of wood contains toxic elements. They aren't tailored specifically for fish but if you draw from a number of sources it doesn't take long to paint a picture of the viability of a given sample for aquarium use. Here is the very first thing that came up when I googled 'Madrona Wood Toxic' http://confluence.mickaboo.org/display/MBPublic/Toxic+and+Non-Toxic+Wood+from+Tree+Limbs
Take an hour collecting data and save your money for fish food instead of decorations.
Take an hour collecting data and save your money for fish food instead of decorations.
WTF? I don't know what you've been through, but don't project your own mistakes or sour experiences onto other people in such harsh ways. Wild wood can be a fine source of decor if it is done properly, and it doesn't have to come from a river. I once had to boil a stick for three days, then it was leaching no more tannins and did a fine job as pleco food.if it wasent found underwater (or near water) it's not proper driftwood and will never be ready to go in your tank, if it is proper driftwood (IE no bark) it's been so heavily weathered and will have no traces of any toxic saps/ resins left in it anyway and is fine for your tank
iim sick and tired of ignorant people who go and find a random stump in the ground boil it for 20 minutes and say "it's drift wood" and then start saying how certain types of woods are toxic becuase that stump killed there fish