I have at home a large fish tank, the other day I came across a nice piece of drift wood
I wood like to use car laquer to cover the wood,
dous anybody no if 2k clear is toxic when set
or if it would be harmful to the fish
I would imagine the issue is that it may well lift off in flakes and they would try to eat it, which would be dangerous as it would be indigestible. Could you scrub the wood really well then dry it out thoroughly in the oven?
are you going to put the wood into the fishtank?
i thought the wood had to be soaked through in water hence why its called bog wood or else it will try and float?
The wood lowers the PH and rots I assume the OP doesn't want one or both of these problems. Personally I wouldn't take the risk and usually if it's a PH issue the fish who like the higher PH wouldn't have bog wood in the water system anyway so it's kind of an unnatural environment for them.
Thank you for your replys, different fish require different water condition, (ph) bog wood natural sinks,
the idea of coating the wood from the sea is to control cleanliness stoping algae etc, water quality is your main issue
you would have to glue this type of wood to the tank to stop it from floating
cars and fish are my interest, i thought if I could spray the wood it would help with this issue,
so hence my question
your on the right line Mr rocket man, I am going to create a river tank 6ft long, fast flowing water from one end to the other
If it's drift wood though, is it liable to rot if just plonked in there? I always believed the stuff was pretty much rot resistant after being stuck in salt water for so long?
I assume it would have an uneven surface? You would need 100% complete coverage, no pin holes, on a rough surface - seems a difficult job.
I would be concerned about a section of random wood leeching out "stuff" into the water also. I think that, if it were me, i would buy some of the overpriced pet shop wood, and be done with it.