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 Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:13 pm GMT Reply
I have a large amount of big, clunky, Malaysian driftwood pieces in my 37 gallon. I want to change it because: 1. I'm tiring of the look and 2. the wood takes up a lot of volume that I'd rather have open for the fish to use. I want to use a branchier, spikier piece of driftwood without as much bulk. However, I can't just take out the mass I have and replace it with the piece I want because I need all my current wood to keep the tank at barely a 7.6-7.8 pH minimum.
So I was thinking, what if I removed all the wood and substrate, then cut up all the driftwood into smaller, hand-sized pieces, placed it all on the bottom of the tank, then added back the substrate on top of the wood. Some of the wood would be below the substrate surface, but pieces/parts would stick up all over the place, too. Then I would place the new driftwood/branch, plants, etc. on top of all of that. (I would also have to use less substrate so that I can reduce the overall volume taken up by the current driftwood.)
I'm not sure about the following: 1. Will the wood be more likely to rot or cause other problems being below the surface? and 2. Is buried driftwood less effective at reducing pH? Thoughts?
Zambize
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