I just picked up a huge piece of manzanita from my cousin, his property is loaded with the trees. The piece is way to big to boil its over 7' long, so how do I make it fish safe?
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
manzanita, fish safe?
- Thread starter johnny potatoes
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Find a place where they can sand blast the bark off for you. Then let it dry and then you can put it in your aquarium.
Just pressure wash and thro it in if the piece was dry it will float for a while unless you weight it down...johnny potatoes;4729200; said:
HULON;4732616; said:
I can wash it, the piece is not dry yet I just cut it off the tree. I wonder if it will float then?
if you just cut it off the tree I would not recommend using it anytime soon. they wood has to be dead and dried out. so give it a year or 2 depending on how thick it is. cause if soaking in the water as it dies it will be like leaving a bunch of food in the tank and have ammonia and high nitrates.
You will regret putting it in the tank not dried out. It will leech out all kind of nasty.
Find some dry wood.
BTW, manzanita is safe for fish tanks, properly prepared.
Find some dry wood.
BTW, manzanita is safe for fish tanks, properly prepared.