Great place to find driftwood

[tivas]

Went fishing today, as I do most weekends, and took some time to look at the pieces of driftwood that collected around the boat ramp. I found some excellent little pieces that literally finished my 7 month old terrarium and noticed some larger pieces that would be ideal for a new terrarium. There were a ton of pieces of all shapes and sizes! If you live near a lake, take a look around the boat ramp ;-).

[dustin_grey]

Be sure to clean those! There are plenty of ways described on this board if you search through the forums.

[fleshatomb]

thats where i got the driftwood for my first vivarium. Was out on the lake, and certain spots had tons of driftwood, i spent about 15 minutes searching for wood, came back with a box with, lol.

I just scurbbed them with a rbsuh and baked em in the oven first, put em in my tank, and they worked great. one piece really made the entire tank.

[defaced]

That's the only way I do drift wood. Either by getting dead pieces of tree from a wooded area, or from wading out into the water and pulling it in. I'm too hard headed to spend money on wood for a tank unless it's an incredible piece of wood.

[dustin_grey]

Im going to have to start doing this then. I live walking distance (a long walking distanc, but walking distance nonetheless) from a river. Too bad I'm in such a worthless state which gives no fun wildlife (like tree frogs for example). Maybe I should go soon while it's still a bit cold out to avoid ticks.


Ill just have to make sure I dont pick up any poisonous wood, and to make sure I look upstream from the sewage processing part... gross.

[local hero]

Ive collected all my wood for the last twenty years in your worthless state and found some killer pieces, right now with the river so low its a great time to collect as well.

[dustin_grey]

Very good news. Maybe I'll try and get out by the end of the week to look for some pieces.


...I still think it's a worthless state though. ^____^