Look at my wood! Is it poisonous?

[Conger]

Hi

I'm very pleased with this bit of wood, although scaping round it would be challenging... any suggestions welcome! (I'll strip the bark of course). Having said that I may go for redmoor anyway!

However, the big issue is that it is ivy. Its been drying out for 2-3 months so far, but I'm aware that some sources say ivy is fine, some say never to use it. Is there a definitive answer from anyone?

Thanks
Tim

 

[BigTom]

The definitive answer is; probably

I've used lots of very dead and dry ivy without any issue. I have some in my fish fry and baby shrimp growout tank at the moment. I doubt you'll find anyone saying they've had ivy kill all their fish, but that may partly be because not many people want to risk it.

 

[Yo-han]

I think it rots sooner than some other types of wood. So if you plan a short term aquascape and use well dried wood without any soft tissue (bark etc), you'll be fine. Any longer than a year and it will definitely rot too much.

 

[BigTom]

I think it rots sooner than some other types of wood. So if you plan a short term aquascape and use well dried wood without any soft tissue (bark etc), you'll be fine. Any longer than a year and it will definitely rot too much.

It should last a little longer than a year... the stuff in mine has been underwater since January 2012 and has just started to loose it's out layers.

 

[Conger]

Cheers guys. I'll be looking for a longer term feature and didn't know ivy would break down so quickly, so I guess I might end up not using it after all

 

[foxfish]

 

[Yo-han]

It should last a little longer than a year... the stuff in mine has been underwater since January 2012 and has just started to loose it's out layers.

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