FrozenFins Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 There has been pleanty have posts on this forum of the amazing deal they got on an amazing pecie of driftwood. Driftwood is very expensive, it can range anywhere from $20 to a few hundred. Some are able to find driftwood in creeks, ponds, rivers, where as other may find their driftwood in the their LFS or a nearby hobbyist. So what have been your amazing driftwood deals? I got this peice for $10 at my LFS. This was because the tag had fallen off so they didn't know how much to charge me. I'm assuming this would be around $30-40. I love how many nooks and cranys it has, its great for shimmying plants rhizomes into it like anubais, or buce. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I’ve lucked into some pieces and paid too much for other pieces, but they were too perfect for what I needed. I guess it’s all in how much you’re willing to spend, how much a piece grabs your imagination, or how well a piece matches the picture you have in your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I’ve visited all the local LFS in the Seattle area and found a shop that has some good deals, but the prices vary wildly. For my 75 gal I knew I needed to economize somewhere so all the hardscape was gathered from Puget Sound beaches. I picked sun bleached and dried pieces well above the waterline. I was careful to gather in legal areas owned by the state and didn’t take any wood that was providing erosion protection. This is my prize find! 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 6:16 PM, Patrick_G said: I’ve visited all the local LFS in the Seattle area and found a shop that has some good deals, but the prices vary wildly. For my 75 gal I knew I needed to economize somewhere so all the hardscape was gathered from Puget Sound beaches. I picked sun bleached and dried pieces well above the waterline. I was careful to gather in legal areas owned by the state and didn’t take any wood that was providing erosion protection. This is my prize find! You all suck!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 3:19 PM, ARMYVET said: You all suck!!! Yeah, I just read @Casual aquatics thread after I posted this. I guess it’s show off day 😆. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 3:19 PM, ARMYVET said: You all suck!!! Seems @ARMYVET is getting a little salty... 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 5:34 PM, eatyourpeas said: Seems @ARMYVET is getting a little salty... Gorgeous! He’s in Florida. He has beaches. 😆 @ARMYVET 👋🏻 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatyourpeas Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 3:42 PM, Odd Duck said: Gorgeous! He’s in Florida. He has beaches. 😆 @ARMYVET 👋🏻 They get bikinis, we get driftwood. We win! 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 5:44 PM, eatyourpeas said: They get bikinis, we get driftwood. We win! 😁 Well, you could have bikinis, but they’re likely under wetsuits! Lol! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 @ARMYVET we’re eagerly awaiting your thoughts! Don’t let us down 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 5:16 PM, Patrick_G said: I’ve visited all the local LFS in the Seattle area and found a shop that has some good deals, but the prices vary wildly. For my 75 gal I knew I needed to economize somewhere so all the hardscape was gathered from Puget Sound beaches. I picked sun bleached and dried pieces well above the waterline. I was careful to gather in legal areas owned by the state and didn’t take any wood that was providing erosion protection. This is my prize find! very cool chunk of wood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Don't see them locally, but I've found some decent deals on ETSY. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 5:59 PM, GameCzar said: Don't see them locally, but I've found some decent deals on ETSY. Damn, another rabbit hole! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 6:34 PM, eatyourpeas said: Seems @ARMYVET is getting a little salty... You haven’t seen salty yet bub! On 9/28/2021 at 6:44 PM, eatyourpeas said: They get bikinis, we get driftwood. We win! 😁 You have your driftwood and the babes here play with my driftwood! On 9/28/2021 at 7:54 PM, Patrick_G said: @ARMYVET we’re eagerly awaiting your thoughts! Don’t let us down 😆 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMYVET Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 You all have fresh water lakes…we don’t … at least not near me. The other thing is we have the Everglades which is listed as a sanctuary and state park. Don’t get caught taking anything from there. Last but not least… @Patrick_G do you know what kind of wood that is by any chance? It is a great piece! id be willing to bet we do t have it in florida. Same goes for @Casual aquatics piece which is as I already said simply magnificent. I’d bet it’s not here in Florida either. I have seen some wood near canals and taken some home and boiled the crap out of it but nothing on the scale you both found! that’s like hitting the driftwood lottery. I applaud you both. BUT YOU STILL SUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 @ARMYVET I’m ORD, but here you go! 😆 😂 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 4:46 PM, Odd Duck said: Well, you could have bikinis, but they’re likely under wetsuits! Lol! We had bikinis in the inlet, and also at Silver Lake. Only surfers need wetsuits in WA 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 9:50 PM, Torrey said: We had bikinis in the inlet, and also at Silver Lake. Only surfers need wetsuits in WA 😉 And jetskiiers. Some really good freestylers from your neck of the woods. Doing double back flips in the big surf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 8:52 PM, Odd Duck said: And jetskiiers. Some really good freestylers from your neck of the woods. Doing double back flips in the big surf! Sadly, not my neck of the woods any longer. Had to move back to Tiwa Lands, needed better health care. Benefits of living in the desert? Manzanita and cholla are just a hike away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) On 9/28/2021 at 10:11 PM, Torrey said: Sadly, not my neck of the woods any longer. Had to move back to Tiwa Lands, needed better health care. Benefits of living in the desert? Manzanita and cholla are just a hike away. Manzanita and cholla is a pretty good trade off! Edited September 29, 2021 by Odd Duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 9:20 PM, Odd Duck said: Manzanita and cholla is a pretty good trade off! The desert is excellent at baking the sap out of pine, too. Colors the water up almost as nicely as some of the wood we got out of Florida in the late 80's / early 90's before the state realized that the Everglades shouldn't be drained no matter how much developers offer.🙄 Used to go lift wood off the burn piles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I’m in central Oregon so I have local manzanita and other hard scape in most of my tanks. It’s rare in the areas I go with family to see large pieces like you see on the internet. Best deal on non-manzanita wood was when I got my 45 g it came with 3 very large pieces of Malaysian driftwood which would easily have been north of $100 and it was a throw in - they were covered in Blackbeard algae but some liquid carbon, h2o2 and SAEs took care of that over 2-3 months. $200 for tank, stand, wood, ac 110, Eheim heater, and about 12 fish. Love me some Facebook Marketplace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 7:23 PM, ARMYVET said: You have your driftwood and the babes here play with my driftwood! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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