a while back i see a really nice tank on you-tube, inside the tank was a very long piece of wood that went from 1 side to the other if you know what i mean, the tank was 6ft and the wood was about 6ft as well, it went from the bottom of the left side of the tank to the top of the right side of tank.
it looked like a treated branch from a tree,
what i want to know is....
what was this wood and where can i get some?
i have searched all over the net but cant find anything that long.
any ideas?

red moor?

havent seen the vid so i cant say if its wood or not but what i did for my large peice was go to one of the rivers around my house and found a peice of driftwood. then i just cut it down to size, conditioned and soaked it for a week(used a kiddie pool i picked up at walmart) , then attached a piece of acrylic to the bottom(to bury itin the substrate) and that was it.

are you sure it was a wood. in some instances, there are some
synthetic items that looks like wood. wood that long, will warp
or deform when soak in water from being dried.

thanks for the quick reply, its not red moor, its more like 1 piece of long wood, not like red moor which is lots of bits coming off each other.

necromancer4 wrote:


any chance of a pic mate?
also, how else can i treat the wood if i find some, because i dont have a pool or anything else to fit 6ft of wood in

PAUL wrote:



what?????

i have a piece of wood in my tank, mind you its only about 5 feet long, for almost 2 years now and it hasnt warped or deformed in any way.

any chance of a pic necro?

glen2009 wrote:


ok, sorry, no more suggestions:)

im leaving in a couple of mins for work but i'll post one as soon as i get back for you. also if i remember correctly ofl has a large piece in his 300 gallon tank as well.

necromancer4 wrote:
when you pick it up, was it already season dried (meaning had been dried probably for a couple of years) if it was from freshly cut, then kiln dried, it will react or warp a little once soaked to water for good.