why is wood so expensive???

[FishBlock]

looking for a nice piece of driftwood for my 75g tank. i found a couple of pices i like at T&T, but the cost......for a piece of wood.
Where else can I look for drift wood?

[eklikewhoa]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

Just about any other LFS....

depending on what you are looking for though.

[alexarae]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

Dan usually has reasonable prices on just about everything....maybe you should give him a call and see what he has.

[FishBlock]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

I was planing on taking the bike out there tomorrow.....for some reason I seem to never leave empty handed from Dan's....hoping to find a pleco and some Cory's and maybe a nice piece of wood.

[Ramius]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

What, do you think this stuff grows on trees??? gah!

Tell ya what, CAK is about to post up a tank decorating contest, I'll make sure that some fine pieces of wood are listed as a prize.. give you a chance to get some for free.

[sourapple]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

the woods at the Ghac auction today was ridiculously cheap. you could wait till the HAS auction to get some. only 3 weeks  :P by ridiculous, i mean like :aua:
shoulda brought more money  :(

[JStrider]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

haha

GG got some of those ridiculously cheap pieces of wood at the auction... they're floating in the pond waiting to sink...

[sourapple]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

shoulda planned ahead and brought more money =(. stayed longer than i thought also.  

[nacra99]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

looking for a nice piece of driftwood for my 75g tank. i found a couple of pices i like at T&T, but the cost......for a piece of wood.
Where else can I look for drift wood?

You can get free wood in the guadalupe river and it's pre sunk!
I've gotten a few nice pieces at the horseshoe section, at the inlet just after the first rapids.

But you might need to wait for summer unless you have bollocks of steel to go in the water in this temp.

[PhishPhreek]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

why is wood so expensive???

The wood offered in most fish shops is imported.
The naturally heavy / dense wood does not float
so it is ideal for aquarium use
(snails and CAKs can't eat it as fast)
But the weight also make the cost of shipping higher.
                                                                                             

[lindseya13]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

I have seen artifical wood peices at various places.  I have 1 stump thing in my tank, it looks alright but it does look artifical, though it didn't look so bad in the smaller tank. I was wondering if anyone had tried the larger ones and what they looked like in the water.

[kevin89]

Re: why is wood so expensive???

The HAS auction is problemly the cheapest source if you're willing to wait.  I got a medium size piece fish gallery recently and the price was decent.  They have mostly fresh driftwood (never been in a tank) so you have to soak them in a big bucket and keep changing the water until they don't cause the water to turn brown (I assume brown water tank is not what you're after).  People say you can boil the wood to speed up the process but I have not tried it.