Question: Drift wood

[Biscuit Oliva]

Does anyone use drift wood in their axie tank.Ive owneda ll types of newts but these are my first axies just worndering if drift wood had and special effects on an axie tank good or bad.It seems kinda rough but use it in my cynops tanks and their fine wondering if it wascool for axies?

 

[Bellabelloo]

This post may be helpful for you :-

http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...general-discussion/61918-wood-safe-water.html

 

[Biscuit Oliva]

Thanks, it was a lot of help and drift wood is a no so out it goes.

 

[jclee]

Did you read the part of the link on treating woods by boiling them? What kind of wood did you have?

 

[Biscuit Oliva]

I am always a little cautious about it .I have it in my cynops tank but axolotl seem to be in a different field, I would say. I guess I would compare it to going from a fresh water tank to a marine tank without the corals add plants and then its they same I have a lot of expertise, I guess.I am not sure these are going to be my first axies. I like the idea of boiling it but I do not even want to risk it any more, plus I am always at work and barely have the time. I will just do rocks and a pvc pipe, which I heard was fine. I have sand as a substrate.I was trying to go as natural as possible.I mean I am putting them in a 90 gallon surflline. I heard the more room the better with them so I am just taking some cautionary steps. I had the tank with the wood in there for a couple of days now with all needed measurements of water quality and what no,t but I am going to change most of that water today and take the wood out.

 

[SludgeMunkey]

As always, my mantra here is "When in doubt, leave it out."

Better to be an overly cautious, borderline paranoid than risk accidental killing your critters.

(Though as most here can attest to, I'm far beyond "borderline paranoid" at this stage of the game...)