Buying driftwood

**ehlim** · 22nd Dec 2005, 19:16

Getting my tank in less than a fortnight and had been shopping around for 2 pcs of driftwood. But those LFSs I had been to had very limited choice and not very appealing pieces. Request recommendation on places that have better collection. Tks

**|squee|** · 22nd Dec 2005, 20:34

The farms have a good collection as I can see from the AQ farm outing pictures. I've also heard mention of places like Keong Seong, Biotope.

**bezz** · 22nd Dec 2005, 22:15

I was at this LFS a few days ago and the boss Ben was very very friendly. Also the stuff there are very reasonably priced. Might want to check them out.

WU HU SHUI ZU aka 'Ah Ben or TB Ben'
71 Seng Poh Road, #01-39, Singapore
Tel: 6227-0935
Contact person: Ben Wong
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To add, I prefer bogwood to DW as bogwood is longer and adds more 'pattern' to the tank

**Justikanz** · 22nd Dec 2005, 22:42

C328 has quite a lot of wood too. NA also has a good selection, if I didn't recall wrongly.

**michael lai** · 23rd Dec 2005, 08:57

Originally Posted by ehlim

Getting my tank in less than a fortnight and had been shopping around for 2 pcs of driftwood. But those LFSs I had been to had very limited choice and not very appealing pieces. Request recommendation on places that have better collection. Tks

Hi Lim
I know what you mean, you can try Teo's farm. Variety is pretty big and the wood colour is almost of the same type. I'm pretty confident you'll find what you need there. PS: you might need to resize them as they come quite big over there. Try to have a concept first, it makes life easier...hope it helps

Address: 50, Lim Chu Kang,( lot 15 ) Lane 9. Staff is friendly, if you think price too high just ask for discount.

**krabbie** · 23rd Dec 2005, 09:16

Originally Posted by bezz

To add, I prefer bogwood to DW as bogwood is longer and adds more 'pattern' to the tank

Do note that bogwood takes much longer than DW to sink ... mine took almost 2 months!

**FishFan** · 27th Dec 2005, 13:24

Would soaking bogwood in a pail of hot water help it to sink faster? Or was it to remove the tannins... can't remember.

**kemp** · 27th Dec 2005, 13:43

Bro,
you can try this LFS at Vista point (at woodlands), got quite a fair bit of exotic, nice design DWs.\
Bought all my there.

Originally Posted by ehlim

Getting my tank in less than a fortnight and had been shopping around for 2 pcs of driftwood. But those LFSs I had been to had very limited choice and not very appealing pieces. Request recommendation on places that have better collection. Tks