Habitat - Indoor :: Driftwood

[turboturtle8]

I saw lots of pics of peoples tank and lots of them have driftwood is that ok.Would driftwood would be good for my turtles to hide a play around in?????

If not what would be a alternative

Thanks

[marisa]

It must be OK if you've seen a lot of people with driftwood in the tank. If you buy it at a petstore, make sure it's the kind that's meant to be in water. Some wood that's advertised as driftwood is meant to be used in terrariums with lizards, etc. and can get a little funky if it's in water for long periods of time.

For something that your turtles can hide in and play around, you also could use fake plants (I like plastic ones). Many people do.

[orca_gurl12]

I was wondering about the driftwood thing too! I'm getting a new 75 gallon tank this weekend and I wanted to make it look like a swamp with driftwood for tree roots and maybe some live plants. I was also thinging about looking for some sort of decoration that looked like a sunk pirate ship!

[DavidY]

Some types of wood can start to rot after being in water for a long time. There are others that won't rot.

[turboturtle8]

Thanks Everyone I'll keep that in mind

Do you know any specific brands????

[DavidY]

Cypress Wood looks like regular driftwood and is supposed to be good for aquatic use. Here's a link to a place that specializes in terrariums that sells wood for wet habitats...http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Store_Code=BJTS&Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=WFWH

[turboturtle8]

Wow thanks a bunch David

I looked every where for them thats a great website

[industrial_girl_2000]

I have a big thing that looks like a wooden tree root in Sheba's tank, but it is made out of hollow plastic. You could always do something like that! I never did real wood because I was worried about it trapping bacteria or making the water murky from chemicals leeching into the water.

[stray_647]

This is a really dumb question but if you use driftwood or cork bark, and if they were completely submerged in water, will they rot eventually?

[marisa]

Not dumb... Eventually, they would decompose, but this would happen after a REALLY long time. I use corkbark for basking areas. It's very resistant to moisture, but eventually will become waterlogged and sink. A good piece of corkbark for me floats for about 1.5 years before I replace it. Even waterlogged, it has never shown signs of rot.