My wife and I went up to Norwalk, Ohio this past weekend and found an excellent source for a LOT of free, awesome looking, free driftwood!
The Norwalk reservoir had so much that we had put together such a collection that we had to spend over an hour just going through it all figuring out what we could fit into a carry-on bag (that we did have to buy) so we wouldn't need to check the bag and pay extra for it.
I brought home enough driftwood to fully decorate ALL the tanks in my house - to the tune of over 250 gallons worth.
I've got everything sitting in a tub right now to draw out the tannins, and have been changing the water out daily.
After about a week I will pull everything out and boil it for about 30 minutes each to kill off any bacteria.
All in all, I figure if I had bought all of this stuff, I would have spent in excess of $300.
The only "fun" involved in all of this was explaining to the TSA X-ray lady what I was doing with all the wood in a carry-on bag LOL! Once I explained everything, she actually took some notes so she could do the same thing LOL!
The Norwalk reservoir had so much that we had put together such a collection that we had to spend over an hour just going through it all figuring out what we could fit into a carry-on bag (that we did have to buy) so we wouldn't need to check the bag and pay extra for it.
I brought home enough driftwood to fully decorate ALL the tanks in my house - to the tune of over 250 gallons worth.
I've got everything sitting in a tub right now to draw out the tannins, and have been changing the water out daily.
After about a week I will pull everything out and boil it for about 30 minutes each to kill off any bacteria.
All in all, I figure if I had bought all of this stuff, I would have spent in excess of $300.
The only "fun" involved in all of this was explaining to the TSA X-ray lady what I was doing with all the wood in a carry-on bag LOL! Once I explained everything, she actually took some notes so she could do the same thing LOL!