Wooden boards in aquarium?

[SkeptikalScabies]

Hello all,

I wanted a 3D tank background, but I don't really want to mess around with foam and cement. Instead I was thinking a wood background would look interesting. (I already have a tank with a rock and hardwood aquascape, I want something that looks different. Plus the wood boards would match my decor.)

So are there any easy to procure, aquarium safe wooden boards that I can readily get?
I understand why treated lumber is not an option. And I think pine would probably break down pretty quickly. I wouldn't be painting or varnishing the wood at all, only screwing it together.

Hopefully someone here has made a turtle dock out boards or something similar. Im excited at the prospect of a wooden back wall with moss and anubias and java ferns growing on it. If done properly it could look like an old sunken rowboat or something.

Thanks!

 

[joe jaskot]

Excited over wood made me laugh. Why not have a wooden background outside the aquarium? Wood in the aquarium is going to be hard to sink.

 

[xraycer]

Excited over wood made me laugh. Why not have a wooden background outside the aquarium? Wood in the aquarium is going to be hard to sink.

This is what I was thinking...............uh, not the part about being excited over wood

 

[mscamp02]

You can't sink foam like most other backgrounds. And outside the tank it will quickly lose any appeal I think. Plus OP wanted it to be 3d

 

[wednesday13]

u can find some nice driftwood, cut it in 1/4"-1/2" slats or flat on one end and make ur bkg that way. id zip tie a bunch of pieces onto egg crate and "collage" that way... if ur adding plants also u could easily hide the egg crate over time.

 

[SkeptikalScabies]

This is what I was thinking...............uh, not the part about being excited over wood

I dunno, I figure it wouldn't be that hard it it was built right. The wall would need a broad base to keep it from falling over anyway, so I could place rocks and substrate on that.

 

[SkeptikalScabies]

u can find some nice driftwood, cut it in 1/4"-1/2" slats or flat on one end and make ur bkg that way. id zip tie a bunch of pieces onto egg crate and "collage" that way... if ur adding plants also u could easily hide the egg crate over time.

Thats a really solid idea but I had envisioned a background with straight lines and even pieces.