Habitat - Indoor :: Question about using WOOD

[SINI5T3R]

Okay I have been using Wood for my turtles to bask on, but I am running into a slight problem.....Sinking...

After about a week the wood floats to the bottom and stays there lol. This is just some basic wood cuttings that I found outside in a giant pile, so Its fairly clean, I made sure to clean it before putting it into the tank anyway.

My question is, is there some sort of stuff i can sprey, wipe, or something that will like tarnish the wood so it will float better? I know there is something like that but I cant remember the name...and can it be toxic in water with turtles/fish?

[coreyvht]

ya anything like that will probably toxic for them even if it says non toxic

you should get a zoomed dock for 20 bucks make it alot easier and if your water is kinda yellow its prob from the wood its not toxic though

[SINI5T3R]

ya anything like that will probably toxic for them even if it says non toxic

you should get a zoomed dock for 20 bucks make it alot easier and if your water is kinda yellow its prob from the wood its not toxic though

You know, I actually JUST Started noticing color change in the water last night and I thought to myself that it had to be the wood, it looks like the water got dirty and when i have the window open so they can get sun, it is sorta yellow...what is it? should i change the water sometime soon?

[coreyvht]

[coreyvht]

soory itss in this video

fast forward to 5 min on it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlluUNlK ... re=channel

[coreyvht]

o and he calls it tanit

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Its tannins, its a naturally occuring chemical in wood. it doesnt effect the water really just colors it. I would change the water as it can start to stain stuff. Usually all the tannins leave the wood after a couple days and it will then stop coloring the water that tea like color.

[coreyvht]

the tanin stays alot longer then that watch the video

[SINI5T3R]

Very helpfull Thanks! glad i found this site

[coreyvht]

welcome