Which Wood?

[fluffycabbage]

Can i use any type of wood in the aquarium, as long as its been stripped and boiled? After seeing some pics i'd really like a riverbed style tank
(means all my plants will have to go though )

 

[roadmaster]

Would be wise to boil any wood that you place in the aquarium for one cannot know where the wood originated from and what toxins,pollutant's,may have soaked into the wood if gathered from streams,rivers.Should also note that some tree's conatain sap which I would expect to be difficult to remove completely and could leach from the wood into the aquarium and gum up filters,or perhaps affect fish negatively.
With that said,,I have collected wood from along reasonably clean streams and lakes and after soaking it for a few weeks,and then boiling it,,Placed it in my aquariums and thus far(knocks wood) have seen no ill effects.
Probably safer to purchase wood which may have already been pressure washed ,rinsed,or gathered from area's where pollutant's are perhaps not a concern, but who knows for sure,where the wood offered for use in aquariums is gathered from?

 

[the biffster]

i personally would go looking
for bog wood to do the job
you are looking for it to do

 

[fluffycabbage]

i personally would go looking
for bog wood to do the job
you are looking for it to do

ok, well i wanted a twiggy kind of look, rather than big lumps. i already have 2 relatively small/medium pieces of bogwood with anubias growing on them, and another chunky piece which looks like an arch. But theyre not really what i want!7
At one of the lfs ive seen twiggy wood in the terrarium section (is that the word?) - would that be ok?

 

[GrayScale]

Have a look around on the web for mangrove roots or red moor wood. If a piece of wood has already been used for a terrarium, it is usable but requires much more cleaning because who knows what toxins have settled into the wood and you can never be too careful.

 

[FishyWishie]

I just added some redmoor to my tank from aqua essentials and it looks great highly recomended and being able to choose the exact piece is handy.

REDMOOR

 

[fluffycabbage]

I just added some redmoor to my tank from aqua essentials and it looks great highly recomended and being able to choose the exact piece is handy.

REDMOOR

Thanks for that!

Grayscale - its one of the lfs which sells it, it looks like redmoor actually. So i assume its new lol