[christanto]

interesting pieces Gomer! if you don't mind, could you post pictures of your tank with this type of wood inside?

 

[Gomer]

interesting pieces Gomer! if you don't mind, could you post pictures of your tank with this type of wood inside?

These pieces are going to be used in a tank that will go up in about a month or so. I am having a tank and stand built to my specs..and then I'll need to find a new home for one of my current tanks LOL.

 

[Wheeler]

Just checked out the site. They're kinda local for me too. Tempting... A couple hours for all the cheap driftwood that I can manage.

 

[Gomer]

For those taking note, I have had the wood soaking in the backyard in a closed large rubbermaid (to keep the bugs out). I did dump a full bottle of H2O2 to kill off any strange ness (like wood fungus or any bugs that might be hitchikers). I'm on week 4 and ALL of the wood now sink on their own

 

[Joefish]

I would not use that in a aquarium.. it will still rot even if you soak it for a year.. it is not ment for water conditions.. studys have ben done many times and it all ends up the same..

 

[Gomer]

Please point me to such studies.

ALL wood rots in time. This wood is a hard wood and is not going to mush like softwoods to.. I have it in other tanks with no issies. The soaking has NOTHING to do with rotting, but rather to get it to sink.

 

[Joefish]

Just do a search on this wood on cichlid-forum.com

Nobody has had luck with it as it will rot.. yes all driftwood will rot, but this is not ment for water and will grow a fungus over and over again..

IMO if you want driftwood for your aquarium buy driftwood not vineroot.. stay away from reptile wood.. i have ben keeping driftwood in my tanks for over 15 years and i know what will work and what wont..

There has ben articles on driftwood on CF.. i hope it can help you along your way.. if your looking for a more naturel wood go with savana or african or even malaision "spelled wrong"

but like anything if you like it and wana try it go for it.. but also like anything you get what you pay for.. good luck....

ps all the wood i listed sinks right away.. even when dry..


Joe

 

[Gomer]

I did a search as you said and the ONLY thread on it was
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=34805&highlight=manzanita
I also searched the articles and got "Sorry, no matches were found containing manzanita."
I then searched for just "wood" and the only drifwood article I found had NO mention of manzanita. Am I missing something?

You said "Vine root"...I think you might be mistaken. I am using Manzanita which is a very hard wood....not grape vine wood and not a root.

 

[Joefish]

It is hard to tell just by looking at a pic but they do look the same.. however you could be right .. but i have never seen anyone use either in a aquarium and had success with it... throw it in a tank and lets see how it does..

If you have success with it then others may vier that way..

Also if it is for just decor then i cant see a problem with it.. but if its for plecos they may not like it compared to savana root..

Good luck..


Joe

 

[Piscesgirl]

Savana root???? Can you please explain?

 

[Joefish]

Savana root is almost the same as African root but its notchy on one side as to where african root is smooth.. here is a link showing the african..

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/driftwood.php

 

[tsunami]

Joefish,

Just to let you know, manzanita is widely used for aquascaping as far as I know. Erik Leung's 29g was hardscaped with self-collected manzanita driftwood if I remember correctly:

The problem with African/Mopani and Malaysian driftwood is that they are usually rather featureless/ugly blocks of wood. Perhaps nice for a cichlid tank, but for a planted tank, elegantly notched and thin branches are necessary for a successful driftwood display. Please check out our Aquascaper in focus gallery in the photo album as well as browse through other sites littered with aquascape photos to see:

www.adaeurope.com
www.adana.co.kr
showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org

Hope this helps,

Carlos

 

[Joefish]

Looks like someone went out to the back yard and picked up sticks off there lawn.. ya im sure just for a planted ONLY tank it will be fine.. but for plecos.. its useless.. only for the eye.. i have all Malaysian driftwood in my 240gal setup.. and i dont find it to be blocky at all.. i think it gives a nice apperence to the tank.. but like anything.. to each his/her own..


Joe ;-)

 

[dennis]

Baaahhhh. Enough of this. This is certainly becomming a "to each their own" discussion and its straying way to far form the original intent of Gomer's post.

Facts are, Manzanita looks nice, if you like that sort of thing, and it is aquarium safe but offers no good qualities for plecos to chew on. Big, wood chewin' plecos are not that common in our heavily planted, but not necessarily plant ONLY tanks.

 

[MrHarris]

The manzanita looks nice, I hope it does well and doesn't rot. I have malaysian driftwood in my 55gal community tank. It's not blocky, it's very intricate but doesn't have any thin branches like the manzanita. Both look good IMO.

 

[fish7days]

I pikked up sum stiks off my bak lawn and put em throo a spell checker, and now they look pretty nice in my planted tank.

 

[JaySilverman]

This is a planted tank forum. Not a cichlid forum. Manzanita is used alot in aquascaping and lasts a long time. Its perfectly fine.

Nice pieces Gomer. I'm jealous.

 

[MoonFish]

Has anyone else seen the TV shows where they pull up some log that has been in the river for 200 years and cut it up for lumber? That is cool.

 

[GraFFix]

Interesting wood...I was looking at their website and noticed those display trees. It got me thinking about a scape...you really could make it look like a tree with some small moss then use some HC or glosso on the bottom for rolling type hills. I think it would look really cool.
I might have to pick up a display tree or 2 and experiment. thanks for the link

Ohh and MoonFish, Yes Ive seen the show. I think it was Dirty Jobs that it was on. They were selling that wood at a premium too.