Monster Decor... Having problems

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CoryWM

CoryWM

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I'm in search of monster decor. Most LFs and chain stores have nothing near the size I would need. The large driftwood online that i've found is far and few between.

What places do you guys use to source your decor? I can get anything I wanted custom made for a saltwater tank, cause of all the commercial displays. But there seems to be a huge void for freshwater.

I saw this in person, looked much better than the pic does. This is on the small end of what I'd put in my 300g.

http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS/ctl3684/cp18494/si3637744/cl0/zillarockdenjumbo

I'm thinking a bunch of those could be nice for some catfish while they grow up.

But besides finding the ultimate piece of driftwood, what else do people use? Isn't there the giant neon pink castle store? Not that I'd buy one, but someone out there has to make something ridiculously big.
 
bgcoop8784;3456417; said:
have you ever thought about just making your own stuff.
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Yeah I have. It's mostly a time thing. I'm also setting up a fish room worth of tanks for my fish that are already breeding.

If I had some success with making my own I could see myself making some more. I've thought about having clay fired.
 
It is kinda difficult to come accross the size you may be looking for...

you may have to search for your own driftwood tho, possibly a shoreline where you would have to treat the wood prior to putting in your tank
 
pretty easy use styro foam as a base to get your overall shape, spray it good with great stuff expanding foam and sand for the finished look, couple coats of concrete brushed on, and if you don't want the concrete messing with your ph, add a couple good coats of resin to seal it. or just soak it and rinse it for a couple weeks if you don't wanna seal it with resin.
 
i found a really giant piece of driftwood on a shelf above the aquariums at a lfs there was a tag on it but it was so old that you couldn't make out what it said. I asked a worker there how much it was and he said it had been sitting there since he had been there and gave it to me for 30$:headbang2 it is about two and a half feet long
probably about a foot and a half high.

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yeah i have a piece of malaysian drift wood about that size for $60, i've also found driftwood at the local lake and river, sometimes i bleach treatment for big stuff in a trash can, i've also drilled it and added lead weights and coated it with a couple coats of resin when i needed something within a few days and it was too big to boil.
 
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