Re: Petrified Wood

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Petrified Wood
From: wmbrady at chesapeake_net (Bill Brady)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 07:01:40 -0400 (EDT)

>Aquatic Plants Digest     Tuesday, 24 September 1996     Volume 02 : Number 217

>From: "Dan Simon" <dan_simon at macgw_claircom.com>
>Date: 23 Sep 1996 08:38:13 -0700
>Subject: Petrified wood
>
>I have noticed many planted tanks with petrified wood in them.  Does this in
>any way increase hardness or pH ?
>
>Dan Simon
>
>------------------------------

Don,

Petrification is a process where the original material of the wood, bone
etcetra, is replaced molecule by molecule by a different material. The
transport medium is water. The usual subsitute (if I remember my geology
correctly) is silica (the stuff glass is made of). So it shouldn't change
the PH. It may affect hardness, and silica may be more of a problem in SW
tanks.

Hope this helps...

- Bill Brady ...
On the shores of the Chesapeake Bay,
the land of pleasant living - Harwood Maryland USA