Is petrified wood safe to use in a fish tank? I was thinking about using pieces about 1" as the bottom of my tank.
petrified wood in a tank?
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I'm sure it is. in reality, its just sedimentary rock, right?
I have some fossils I was thinking of using, also. my only worry is (because they're somewhat valuable), cleaning the algae off later, when I don't want it in an aquarium anymore. I guess bleach?
I have some fossils I was thinking of using, also. my only worry is (because they're somewhat valuable), cleaning the algae off later, when I don't want it in an aquarium anymore. I guess bleach?
I was thinking maybe line the bottom of the tank with small pieces and buy some fairly large pieces uncut and unpolished off ebay. Or I could go with black sand and just stack larger pieces.
bleach and a soft brush would probably remove it afterwards.
bleach and a soft brush would probably remove it afterwards.
petrified wood would be pretty cool. you see a lot of people with fake fossils in aquariums, why not real fossils? they're cool, and not too expensive.
I have a rock about 1'x1.5' with fossilized snails. would be great in my 20 gal, with some sand. time to get rid of the gravel and flower pots!!
I have a rock about 1'x1.5' with fossilized snails. would be great in my 20 gal, with some sand. time to get rid of the gravel and flower pots!!
wckdkl0wn;1835862; said:
I'd definately do the sand and stacking larger pieces. my 55 right now has pool filter sand and about 150 lbs of various sized flat pieces of granit. I created a kind of network of caves for my cons to avoid the bigger cichlids.
I've been digging dinosaurs and fossils for over 40 years. Most of the rocks in my tanks are fossils. For buffered aquariums, cretaceous limestone fossils work great for display and maintaining high pH levels. For just decorative purposes, petrified woods and fossils replaced by agates are your best bet.
The way I see it is that petrified wood is just rock now. All the living stuff that used to be in the wood is long gone and replaced by minerals. I figured it would be fine in the tank just wanted someone elses opinion first. Thanks for the info guys. i'll be sure to take some pictures once I have the tank setup completely.