Plant Tie Downs

[mtv8dmarine]

Hey guys...another question.

I went by my LFS today because I need to retie some of my plants down. They were on smooth rocks before and the thread slipped off the rocks too easily. I came home with a few pieces of petrified wood and one rock piece. I had to mix and match a little to find something small enough. The small driftwood pieces at the store were just waaaayyyyy too big for what I wanted.

Is there any special process you guys would do with petrified wood other than giving it a good wash before putting it into the tank? Would you soak it like driftwood? Being petrified I'm assuming it wouldn't leech tannins would it?

 

[Katty]

Petrified wood is a fossil. It's basically just a quartz crystal, there is no actual "wood" left other than the shape. So just treat it like any rock you'd put in the tank and you'll be fine.

 

[Ryefish]

im intrigued, do you have any pics?

 

[mtv8dmarine]

im intrigued, do you have any pics?

I can take some when I get home and post them this evening (U.S. time) I know they are naturally inert and I picked up 3 pieces of pterified wood and one piece of quartz rock for $2/lb. I walked out paying $2.18 after taxes. I will bury them in the gravel and keep the plant rhizomes exposed. It was cheaper than driftwood so far that I've found.

 

[mtv8dmarine]

Here is what I picked up from the store. The left 3 pieces are petrified wood. 2 of them are 4" long to give them some scale.