Aquarium Safe woods

[ishaan]

As the subject suggests, i want to know about the aquarium safe woods that can be used in planted tanks. The driftwood available in the market are really expensive or most of the times not available .
So please share you experience with different woods.

[SCORPIO]

I have used following woods successfully in my aquariums:
1. Lemon
2. Tulsi
3. Guava.

[ishaan]

I have used following woods successfully in my aquariums:
1. Lemon
2. Tulsi
3. Guava.

can we cut the wood and let it dry or we have top use naturally fallen branches.

i guess i can get guava

[aamir]

Any hard wood from fruit giving tree or plant can be used.And you can use the wood cut from the tree but you have to wait for at-least 30 days to let it dry and hardened properly ,then soak treat it.

[ishaan]

Any hard wood from fruit giving tree or plant can be used.And you can use the wood cut from the tree but you have to wait for at-least 30 days to let it dry and hardened properly ,then soak treat it.

some names of the locally available trees can be helpful

[jack]

Tulsi and Lemon are easily available and i have read many times that these are not harmful for planted tanks.


i am not sure but experts can suggest how about using neem trees branches ?? (they have medical benefits, like cure ich, improves the slime coat naturally and make immune system stronger)

[juanico]

do not use wood from trees, which have a milky resin/juice.
some of those are poisonous to fish, so better to avoid them completely.

[ishaan]

do not use wood from trees, which have a milky resin/juice.
some of those are poisonous to fish, so better to avoid them completely.

point noted , today i will go for hunting guava wood.

[abartar]

Tulsi and Lemon are easily available and i have read many times that these are not harmful for planted tanks.


i am not sure but experts can suggest how about using neem trees branches ?? (they have medical benefits, like cure ich, improves the slime coat naturally and make immune system stronger)

Interesting to see that Neem tree medicinal value can be used in aquarium. Waiting to see what experts have to say.

[Romi]

ishaan: Jungle Jalebi is so good (Pithecellobium dulce). It is a common road side tree in India... Guava i find is not twised enough and the bark is too smooth. Why not check a place where they sell wood for fuel, ishaan? Some friend of yours might know a place in a village close to your town, in some households they still buy wood for use as firewood...

Abartar: Neem has very dissappointing wood, weak, covered in bark, a real expert eye will be needed to arrange it aesthetically. The azadirachtin it leaks is not much compared to the tannins all woods excrete anyway.