floating driftwood

[tcmemphisbbq]

Found this along the river, decontaminated it and all that, of course it floats, but the cool part is the shape allows it to have a pretty solid stance floating so it looks like its in mid air....

http://tcmemphisbbq.com/tank/21.jpg

To bad it will sink soon -

[Sharkbait]

Do you know what 'type' of wood that is? Certain woods are bad for your tank - cedar especially.

[tcmemphisbbq]

I dont think it is cedar, cause of the inside color of it when I broke it and when I cut the long end to the size of the tank...i do not know for sure though what it is, but I can confidently say not cedar :-)

[VIOLIN33]

that looks great,i love drift wood also i live west of indy,i raise discus and angels...

[Disgirl]

Looks great! What did you do to decontaminate it? I may need to do it someday and can learn from you!
Barb:)

[tcmemphisbbq]

i couldnt boil it so I used a diluted bleach spray, rinsed like mad in the tub, then sprayed it again then rinsed for like half hour - used an old toothbrush to get into the crevices.

I actually turned it upside down and the thick prt is at the top now, which I like better cause it looks like roots in the water now - fish seem to dig it....

I also scraped ALL of the lighter green paint off the tank, only took about 30 minutes and 4 razor blades to do, then put a slightly darker more blue slate blue on it, looks better, the lighter green was washing out the plants, the bluer hue makes the fish and plants pop better.

http://tcmemphisbbq.com/tank/24.jpg