Re: [APD] driftwood

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

Well, my Uncle Keensaw has repelled my Aunt Eustice for decades, but so far, he ain't proved poisonous to most folks.  ;-)
 
Some folks add wood or leaves for the benefit of antifungal extracts to their aquaria on purpose. One of the largest corp.s in the hobby bottle s and sells it.
 
sh
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Vaughn Hopkins <hoppycalif at yahoo_com>
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:25:05 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] driftwood


Intuition tells me that a wood that kills moths and fungus just might 
also kill fish.  Cedar, Juniper, Redwood, come to mind.  But, I also 
know that some tropical  hardwoods are poisonous even to humans.  I 
resisted adding any wood to my tank for that reason, but what I finally 
did add, from the LFS, hasn't caused any problems.
Vaughn H.

On Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at 09:50 AM, RMGTBTS at aol_com wrote:

> i spoke with wilma duncan (google Wilma's Home on the Web) who does a 
> bit  of
> collecting and sells driftwood and  inquired about using wood from
> evergreens in an aquarium.
>
> i quote " Do not use woods such as cedar and pine as they contain 
> resins
> which will leak into the water column and are poisonous."
>
> i think this would apply to all conifers.
>
> rich green
> milton ma
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