blueyes Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Okay, so we went away to Kaiaua for a nice girls weekend.... went over to the "beach" for a walk and I picked up a few pieces of driftwood. Someone had been down there making fires I think and one or two of the pieces I picked up have small patches where it has been slightly burnt. My question (which I think I know the answer for) is...... can these pieces still be used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 burnt wood won't ever sink, but I don't see any reason why it would be dangerous as long as it's not flaking off. so if you still want to use the wood trim off the burnt part, or weigh it down permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 File, trim or scrape the burnt bits off and the rest should be fine I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foamy Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Personally i wont put it in from my past nightmare. The wood starting to rot and foul all the water and half of my neon is dead.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 and half of my neon is dead.. Front or back half? :-? I wouldn't have thought there would be a problem, but it might pay to be safe rather than sorry. How much do you value your fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Okay, so we went away to Kaiaua for a nice girls weekend.... went over to the "beach" for a walk and I picked up a few pieces of driftwood. Someone had been down there making fires I think and one or two of the pieces I picked up have small patches where it has been slightly burnt. My question (which I think I know the answer for) is...... can these pieces still be used? Free activated carbon! Just scrape it off, and give it a rinse. It will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyes Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Its just a small mark on part of it.......its an awesome piece and I really want to use it, but not willing to risk the health of my fish for it, what I was thinking is before I am ready to use it to put it in a test tank with some neons or something and see how they go before I put it in with my clowns and bristlenoses....not that I don't value the lives of the neons....but since they are a weaker fish I would soon know if they weren't happy....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I'm a bit unclear what is supposed to be so dangerous about this burned driftwood that isn't true of any other driftwood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennos Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Yeah I'm not sure either. Unless its completely charred, in which case it would make the water dirty if it dissolved?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyes Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I just wasn't sure if it would have any ill effects on the fish and wanted some advise from those of you more knowledgable than me rather than just taking a risk and throwing it in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 the charcoal part is just like the carbon. my mother used to put it i with her bulbs to keep the water clean. And i have used beach drift wood before. i boiled it a few times then left in a barrel of water till it was waterlogged (lol) and have had it in my tank since feb with no problems. how ever i have also had other drift wood start to errode in other tanks. the wood needs to be hard not soft and if the wood can be rubbed off it will do this in the tank. hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 the charcoal part is just like the carbon. Like I said earlier, free carbon. That's basically how most aquarium carbon is made, except they usually use something like burned coconut husks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueyes Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Thanks for your help everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 hey just to all the drift wood fans on this blog, does anyone know any good places to find nice drift wood in or near palmerston north? I'm looking for peices that look like roots for my 60L to be planted tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 hey just to all the drift wood fans on this blog, does anyone know any good places to find nice drift wood in or near palmerston north? I'm looking for peices that look like roots for my 60L to be planted tank You could go to the Wanganui river mouth if thats not too far... Go out to the beach on the northern side of the river out to Castecliff the closer you get to the pier the better.. there's more driftwood than sand out there!!! Check it out: (I know this picture was taken years ago but it gives you an idea of where driftwood tends to gather) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 ah yes but is it all just single peices with most of the good branchy places broken off in the surf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 ah yes but is it all just single peices with most of the good branchy places broken off in the surf? It's a mix of all sorts.. from new stuff that just came out of the river to really old washed out stuff.. You could probably find a whole intact tree there if you wanted I got most of my driftwood from there are some very nice branchy pieces.. you just have to wander down the beach and take your time looking for the right ones.. a lot of them are half burried as well but a lot of it is quite waterlogged so don't have to soak long before sinking. When I went there I forgot to bring a saw.. could have gotten some really nice pieces if I could have cut them off the tree they were attached to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 sweet as thank you were is this place again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 It is the wanganui river mouth - castlecliff http://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=whangan ... d=0CB8Q_AU Or you could try himatangi beach or foxton beach.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Wow that beach looks awesome. Anyone know good driftwoody places near Auckland? Thinking of driving an hour or two out of town if there are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 There's not too many big rivers that flow through native forests around Auckland, could either try port waikato or up the west coast somewhere, just don't expect scenes like down south with beaches covered in wood.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice222 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 There's not too many big rivers that flow through native forests around Auckland, could either try port waikato or up the west coast somewhere, just don't expect scenes like down south with beaches covered in wood.... Expected as much. Can't wait till summer/late spring now. Would give me an excuse to plan for a beach road trip . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 If you do go to Wanganui this is what happens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 i wish i ahd enough tanks for that amount of wood lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneeyedfrog Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 LOL That's exactly what I did when I visited my sister in Wanganui :lol: I had the whole family carrying, dragging bits of wood down the beach- great fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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