new madrona.

Just a video of this madrona I found, we had that wind storm so I went and picked some up. Enjoy!

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those will look nice in your tank I really like the 1st one - I can see it already!

Cool piece of wood. Shame you have to cut it down. If only you had a bigger tank and could put that thing in whole....

Nice to see the new flooring in place too, looks good.

Thank you both. I am very excited about that piece. I am only having to cut some of the longer pieces off, it will retain its overall shape and size. I am also happy with the flooring D. It does look nice thank you.

very nice how long do you let it sit before putting it in an aquarium?

I let it die all the way, useually about two seasons. Then I heat treat it with ths powder coating oven my brother in law has at about 300F, then I put it in a basin of water, useually a trough or thebathtub depending on the size and scrub it with a wire brush. Then I presure wash it. Then I put it bacj into the tub or trough and drain and fill about 1 billion times (not really more like a dozen. Then I throw it in a tank, and wiegh it down with stones. That's my process, honestly its over kill and I could just presure wash it and throw it in a tank as per many forums I have read on treating it. But I am a fan of better safe then sorry.

I did a little how to on how to treat the wood, this is the same meathod I have used on several ocassions. Hope its helpfull.
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This post has been somewhat of a revelation to me.

its been making my look at my neighbors tree with greedy eyes.

lol i find myself doing similar things. some of those miniature maples would look great as a center piece. nice job on the wood videos. keep up the vids theyre always fun to check out