Where can I find driftwood?

Question

Hello, I just wanted to know where can I find driftwood for my aquarium except the petstore? And please can u tell how do i clean it before putting it in my aquarium? Please give any simple answers.

PS: I want the driftwood as a decoration in my aquarium, I heard that driftwood floats in aquarium water how can i make it sink?

Answer 1

Go to the Beach and tie rocks around it or something

Answer 2

the sea or the beach

Answer 3

Just go to the beach. If you don't live near the ocean, a big lake is ok too. Don't listen to the other guys, They're just making fun of you!

Answer 4

EBAY

Answer 5

you can find driftwood at many unpopular beaches. To clean it i suggest a quick rinse with soap and water. To make it sink tie it down to something hevy at the bottom of your tank

Answer 6

There aren't simple answers. And you don't provide enough details. So let's go step by step. Do you have fresh or saltwater aquarium? If it's fresh, seek out local streams, rivers, lakes, etc. If saltwater, go to the beach, more difficult to find good pieces and not just trash, but you want free, right?  Next you will want to clean and "sterilize" it. I don't mean use chemicals or cleaning agents, but rather lots of clean water. If you take a piece from fresh to salt your OK, but going the other direction will definitely leach into your aquarium. After all of that and prior to adding to your aquarium, choose how you will position the piece, drill a hole in the "bottom" and add simple lead fishing weights. They are cheap enough but you will still have to determine for yourself how much is needed for the piece you are using. Good luck!

Answer 7

rinse it and rub it with a 3m pad or stiff nylon brush, hard toothbrush or something, better not use soap, but get tons of salt to scrub it with because intense salt can help kill a lot of germs and remove stuff from it, but it will rinse off or come off through soaking it,  without leaving a chemical residue.

then you really should boil it for maybe 1/2 hour.  Afterwards, dry it out and use silicone to stick it to a flat stone to weigh it down.  let the silicone  cure several days and then soak the whole thing in clean water for a couple days, then rinse, and put in your tank.  PS- Silicone is what they used to "glue" the panels of glass together to make your tank.  New silicone releases strong acetic acid while it cures, but after several days and a good rinse and soak, it should be perfectly fine.  Have patience and don't rush your procedures.

Answer 8

never put driftwood in tanks but always heard that if you used what was found.  it would kill the fish.

i guess you would have to weight it.  ask at the store.

Answer 9

you get it at the beach and just tie a heave stone for it to sink but anit the stuff bad for fish

Answer 10

your petstore. any online website. and some floats and some sinks. you can tie a fish weight to the bottom of the wood if it floats. and to all the people that say driftwood will kill your fish, its natural in lakes and fish do come from lakes so get a clue.

Answer 11

Well, here we go again, you do not say where you live!  Do you live on Mount Hibachi, along the coast of Normandy, in a backwater dig of Brooklyn New York ?????

The kind of wood that does not float is the kind that has been submerged a long time, wherein pressure has forced water into the wood itself, making it be very heavy.  That is not technically "driftwood ".  Mineralization can also play a big part in sinking driftwood.

Then there is safety.  Not all wood is non-toxic to your fish!  Some kinds of wood have natural toxins to deter insects from eating their bark or wood!

A lot of the aquarium scenic accutriments are ceramic anyway.  I used a ceramic "driftwood" branch that looks like real, and yet it is waterproof ceramic!

Answer 12

i think you have to do something like boil it...